Nightmare

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Nightmare

Nightmare : சிம்ம சொப்பனம், பயங்கரக்கனவு

Nightmare : கனவு,சிம்ம சொப்பனம்,சிம்ம சொப்பனம்,பயங்கரக்கனவு,பயங்கரக்கனவு

Nightmare definition

Noun.

  1. A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.
  2. A condition in sleep usually caused by improper eating or by digestive or nervous troubles, and characterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus.
  3. Hence, any overwhelming, oppressive, or stupefying influence.