nightmarish
nightmarish — 形容詞
1. used to describe an experience, event, or situation that causes so much fear, wo
噩夢般的
形容像噩夢般可怕、令人痛苦的經歷或情況
used to describe an experience, event, or situation that causes so much fear, worry, or unhappiness that it feels like a bad dream rather than real life.
The traffic jam on the highway was nightmarish — Yusuf took four hours to drive home.
高速公路上的塞車簡直是一場噩夢——Yusuf 花了四個小時才開到家。
collocation: nightmarish traffic / nightmarish journey
Aiko described her job interview as a nightmarish experience where nothing went right.
Aiko 形容她的工作面試是一段噩夢般的經驗，什麼都不對勁。
collocation: nightmarish experience
The paperwork for the visa application was so nightmarish that Ravi almost gave up.
簽證申請的文書作業麻煩到讓 Ravi 幾乎想放棄。
Survivors of the earthquake shared nightmarish stories of collapsing buildings and lost family members.
地震倖存者分享了關於房屋倒塌和親人失散的噩夢般故事。
What made the situation truly nightmarish was having no phone signal to call for help.
真正讓情況變得如噩夢般的，是完全沒有手機訊號可以求救。
- terrifying
focuses more on immediate fear and danger; less on the surreal, dreamlike quality
- horrifying
adds a sense of shock or moral disgust beyond mere fear
- dreadful
milder and more old-fashioned; describes anything very bad, not necessarily dreamlike
- hellish
much stronger and more informal; compares the experience to hell, can be offensive
文法句型
it + be + nightmarish + that-clause
nightmarish + noun
用法筆記
Commonly describes situations, experiences, journeys, or conditions. Not usually used directly for people — say 'terrifying' or 'frightening' instead of 'nightmarish' when describing a person.