mid-nightmare

See also: midnightmare

English

Etymology

Fron mid- +‎ nightmare.

Adverb

mid-nightmare (not comparable)

  1. (temporal location) During a nightmare.
    • 2006, Marion Lennox, Princess of Convenience, page 82:
      His eyes were wide and scared, as if he'd woken mid-nightmare.

Alternative forms

Noun

mid-nightmare (uncountable)

  1. The middle part of a nightmare, by implication the scariest part, with no end in prospect; the state of being in a nightmare.
    • 1904, The Spectator, volume 92, page 537:
      […] carries us into the region of mid-nightmare, […] .
    • 2008, Rosalyn Wraight, Secrets and Sins, page 84:
      Many times, I have seen your name in the paper— the detective who solves the mysteries in this sleepy little city that sometimes awakens in mid-nightmare.
    • 2009, Derek Ciccone, Painless, page 241:
      Beth awoke Monday morning in mid-nightmare.
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