nightmare
They work nightmarishly long hours.
The town can be nightmarishly crowded.
The system to apply for benefits is nightmarishly complex.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Serious and unpleasant
abominable
abominably
abysmal
abysmally
apocalyptic
fraught
frightful
from hellidiom
fun
ghastliness
noxiously
objectionable
objectionably
odious
odiously
unpleasantness
unpretty
unspeakable
unspeakably
unsupportable
Examples of nightmarishly
nightmarishly
Indeed, road schemes, bridges and tunnels are all specifically mentioned in the
nightmarishly complicated, explanatory notes relating to the private finance initiative.
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Hansard archive
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Life here is short, death cruel, sudden, and
nightmarishly quick.
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