Collocations for nightmare - noun

awful, horrible, terrible, terrifying | continuing, recurring

have, suffer | wake (up) from | give sb
The film gave me nightmares.

~ about
I have nightmares about drowning.

absolute, awful, horrible, real, terrible, terrifying | worst
Losing a child is my worst nightmare.

personal | living
The refugees had survived a living nightmare.

administrative, bureaucratic, financial, etc.

endure, face, suffer, survive | become, prove, turn into
Their dream of living in the country turned into a nightmare when they both fell seriously ill.

create | escape (from)

be over | come true

scenario, vision
the nightmare scenario of mass unemployment The writer evokes a nightmare vision of a future on a polluted planet.

world | journey