Daymare
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈdeɪˌmɛə/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Daymare is a noun meaning A vivid, unpleasant mental image, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness.
Meaning
A vivid, unpleasant mental image, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness.
More Meanings
- (transitive, intransitive) To have a daymare.
Example Sentences
There must be something better to spend my precious time daymaring.
She daymared through each one, painting dark, almost black canvases with indistinguishable figures floating in a stormy sky.
“Bobbie Nell, that bird just wants to get out of your house. He's trapped in a bird nightmare.” “You're all nightmares! And I'm about to be your nightmare and your daymare.”
Instead he’s daymaring the burning sandy wastes of southern Iraq – the unknowable concrete-and-mud-brick towns and forgotten bazaars where the Rams could well lose themselves … in a wilderness of dust.
Word Forms
- daymares
- daymaring
- daymared
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dorveille, dream, nightdreaming, phantasmagoria, daydreaming, dreamcore.
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