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Wakeful fright
Answer for the clue "Wakeful fright ", 7 letters:
daymare
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Word definitions for daymare in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A terrifying experience, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Daymare \Day"mare`\ (d[=a]"m[^a]r`), n. [Day + mare incubus.] (Med.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare. --Dunglison.
Usage examples of daymare.
This daymare even began invading my waking hours, especially toward dawn, when I was in that vulnerable, suggestible mental state that extreme fatigue and undirected anxiety can bring on.
Some daymares must have been moonlighting, because nightmares never brought good dreams.
I had daymares for four straight days after Jim threw me out of his place.