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nightmare

How many syllables in nightmare?

  2 syllables

Divide nightmare into syllables:   night-mare
Primary syllable stress:   night-mare
Secondary syllable stress:   night-mare
How to pronounce nightmare:   nahyt-mair
How to say nightmare:

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Synonyms for nightmare


1 syllable
  • dream
  • fear
2 syllables
  • ordeal
    5 syllables
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      What rhymes with nightmare

      1 syllable
      • Khmer
      • tuyere
      2 syllables
      3 syllables
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