DAYMARES Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

daymares

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plural of daymare

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nightmares

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In the 1980s a woman and her daughter began having nightmares about a long-haired woman in a long dress struggling to rise from the bottom of a lake.

— Marcus Librizzi, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Others incorporate unique themes, play on nightmares and stir up clinical cases of the heebie-jeebies.

— Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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