Translations: the word in the other languages
- Afrikaans: nagmerrie
- Amharic: በቀዳሚ
- Arabic: كابوس
- Azerbaijani: kabus
- Bashkir: кошмар
- Belarusian: кашмар
- Bulgarian: кошмар
- Bengali: দুঃস্বপ্ন
- Bosnian: noćna mora
- Catalan: malson
- Cebuano: nightmare
- Czech: noční můra
- Welsh: hunllef
- Danish: mareridt
- German: Alptraum
- Greek: εφιάλτης
- Esperanto: koŝmaro
- Spanish: pesadilla
- Estonian: õudusunenägu
- Basque: amesgaizto
- Persian: کابوس
- Finnish: painajainen
- French: cauchemar
- Irish: nightmare
- Scottish Gaelic: nightmare
- Galician: pesadelo
- Gujarati: નાઇટમેર
- Hebrew: סיוט
- Hindi: दुःस्वप्न
- Croatian: noćna mora
- Haitian: kochma
- Hungarian: rémálom
- Armenian: մղձավանջ
- Indonesian: mimpi buruk
- Icelandic: martröð
- Italian: incubo
- Japanese: 悪夢
- Javanese: ngipi elek
- Georgian: კოშმარი
- Kazakh: сұмдық
- Khmer: ក្រ
- Kannada: ದುಃಸ್ವಪ್ನ
- Korean: 악몽
- Kyrgyz: кошмар
- Latin: tantibus
- Luxembourgish: Alptraum
- Lao: ຝັນ
- Lithuanian: košmaras
- Latvian: murgs
- Malagasy: nofy ratsy
- Mari: лаваса
- Maori: moepapa
- Macedonian: кошмар
- Malayalam: പേടിസ്വപ്നം
- Mongolian: хар дарсан зүүд шиг
- Marathi: भयानक अनुभव
- Hill Mari: лаваса
- Malay: mimpi buruk
- Maltese: ħmar il-lejl
- Burmese: အိပ်မက်ဆိုး
- Nepali: डरलाग्दो सपना
- Dutch: nachtmerrie
- Norwegian: mareritt
- Punjabi: ਸੁਪਨੇ
- Papiamento: estadia
- Polish: koszmar
- Portuguese: pesadelo
- Romanian: coșmar
- Russian: кошмар
- Sinhalese: නපුරු සිහිනයක්
- Slovak: nočná mora
- Slovenian: nočna mora
- Albanian: makth
- Serbian: ноћна мора
- Sundanese: ngimpina
- Swedish: mardröm
- Swahili: ndoto
- Tamil: கனவு
- Telugu: పీడకల
- Tajik: аз вуқуи аст
- Thai: ฝันร้าย
- Tagalog: bangungot
- Turkish: kabus
- Tatar: кошмар
- Udmurt: кошмар
- Ukrainian: кошмар
- Urdu: ڈراؤنا خواب
- Uzbek: kobus
- Vietnamese: cơn ác mộng
- Xhosa: uloyiko lwasebusuku
- Yiddish: נייטמער
- Chinese: 噩梦
Synonyms, close and similar words for nightmare
- bad dream
- awful
- ghastly
- terrible
- terrific
- hideous
- horror
- dreadful
- incubus
- horrible
- horrific
- appalling
- horrendous
- monstrous
- shocking
- torment
- hell
- misery