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Nightmare

A fiend or incubus formerly supposed to cause trouble in sleep.

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Dream 76% connected

The thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision.

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Dreaming 76% connected

of Dream

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Situation 76% connected

Manner in which an object is placed; location, esp. as related to something else; position; locality site; as, a house in a pleasant situation.

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Incubus 92% connected

A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ambiguity noun · 86% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Correspondence noun · 86% connection

similarity by virtue of corresponding

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Equivocalness noun · 86% connection

unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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Parallelism noun · 86% connection

similarity by virtue of corresponding

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Climate noun · 85% connection

the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

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Mood noun · 85% connection

the prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election"

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Fertility noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Floor noun · 85% connection

a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

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Level noun · 85% connection

a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"

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Prolificacy noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Rankness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Richness noun · 85% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Ail verb · 78% connection

To affect with pain or uneasiness, either physical or mental; to trouble; to be the matter with; -- used to express some uneasiness or…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fiend, incubus, formerly, supposed, cause.
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Asleep a. & adv. · 78% connection

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fiend, incubus, formerly, supposed, cause.
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Atmosphere noun · 78% connection

A supposed medium around various bodies; as, electrical atmosphere, a medium formerly supposed to surround electrical bodies.

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Awake verb · 78% connection

To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.

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Botheration noun · 78% connection

The act of bothering, or state of being bothered; cause of trouble; perplexity; annoyance; vexation.

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Choler noun · 78% connection

The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.

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Cloud noun · 78% connection

a cause of worry or gloom or trouble; "the only cloud on the horizon was the possibility of dissent by the French"

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Cry verb · 78% connection

To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.

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Curse verb · 78% connection

To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep troubl…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fiend, incubus, formerly, supposed, cause.
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Daymare noun · 78% connection

A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare.

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Difficulty noun · 78% connection

an effort that is inconvenient; "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the te…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fiend, incubus, formerly, supposed, cause.
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Direful adjective · 78% connection

Dire; dreadful; terrible; calamitous; woeful; as, a direful fiend; a direful day.

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