LIKE A BAD DREAM

Meaning of LIKE A BAD DREAM in English

( of a situation ) so unpleasant that you cannot believe it is true :

In broad daylight the events of the night before seemed like a bad dream.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

LIKE A BAD DREAM — similar to a nightmare, resembling a bad dream
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BAD — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bad atmosphere ▪ There's a bad atmosphere among the staff. a bad cold …
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
DREAM — I. ˈdrēm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English dreem, from Old English drēam noise, joy, music, probably influenced in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BAD — I. archaic past of bid or of bide II. ˈbad, -aa(ə)d, -aid adjective ( worse ˈwərs, -ə̄s, -əis ; also …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DREAM — — dreamful , adj. — dreamfully , adv. — dreamfulness , n. — dreamingly , adv. — dreamlike , adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BAD — bad 1 — badness , n. /bad/ , adj., worse, worst; ( Slang ) badder, baddest for 36; n.; adv. …
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DREAM — I. ˈdrēm noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English dreem, from Old English drēam noise, joy, and Old Norse draumr …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BAD — I. ˈbad adjective ( worse ˈwərs ; worst ˈwərst) Etymology: Middle English Date: 14th century 1. a. : failing to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
DREAM — noun the thoughts, or series of thoughts, or imaginary transactions, which occupy the mind during sleep; a sleeping vision. 2. …
Webster English vocab
DREAM — [dream] n, often attrib [ME dreem, fr. OE dream noise, joy, and ON draumr dream; akin to OHG troum dream] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DREAM — a hallucinatory experience that occurs during sleep. Although the visual aspect of dreams is usually most vivid, in some cases …
Britannica English vocabulary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DREAM — / driːm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a series of images, events and feelings …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAD — / bæd; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective ( worse / wɜːs; NAmE wɜːrs/ worst / wɜːst; …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BAD — I. bad 1 S1 W1 /bæd/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative worse /wɜːs $ wɜːrs/, superlative worst /wɜːst $ wɜːrst/) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DREAM — n. & v. --n. 1 a a series of pictures or events in the mind of a sleeping person. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BAD — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (worse; worst) 1 inferior, inadequate, defective (bad work; a bad driver; bad light). 2 a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DREAM — n. & v. n. 1 a a series of pictures or events in the mind of a sleeping person. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BAD — adj., n., & adv. adj. (worse; worst) 1 inferior, inadequate, defective (bad work; a bad driver; bad light). 2 a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
DREAM — n. & v. --n. 1. a a series of pictures or events in the mind of a sleeping person. b …
Oxford English vocab
BAD — adj., n., & adv. --adj. (worse; worst) 1. inferior, inadequate, defective (bad work; a bad driver; bad light). 2 a …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DREAM — ( dreams, dreaming, dreamed, dreamt) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: American …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BAD — ( worse, worst) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DREAM — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an impossible dream (= something you want, but will never happen ) ▪ For …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DREAM — (HOPE) [noun] [C] - an event in the future that would fulfil all your hopes and give you great pleasure …
Cambridge English vocab
BAD — (LOW QUALITY) [adjective] - of unacceptably low quality; not acceptableI thought the film was really bad.Bad teachers can make children …
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BAD — See: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE, IN A BAD WAY, IN BAD, IN ONE'S BAD GRACES, LEAVE A BAD TASTE …
Slang English vocab
DREAM — I. noun 1 while you are asleep ADJECTIVE ▪ awful , bad , disturbing , horrible , terrible ▪ a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
DREAM — INDEX: 1. a dream 2. to have a dream RELATED WORDS something that you want very much : ↑ WANT/NOT …
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Longman Activator English vocab
DREAM — n. 25B6; noun I awoke from my dreams : REM sleep; nightmare; vision, fantasy, hallucination. she went around in a …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BAD — n. 25B6; adjective bad workmanship : SUBSTANDARD, poor, inferior, second-rate, second-class, unsatisfactory, inadequate, unacceptable, not up to scratch, not up …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BAD — adj. 1 poor, wretched, inferior, defective, awful, worthless, miserable, egregious, execrable, substandard, unsatisfactory, disappointing, inadequate, non-standard, Colloq lousy, rotten, crummy, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BAD — See: GO FROM BAD TO WORSE, IN A BAD WAY, IN BAD, IN ONE'S BAD GRACES, LEAVE A BAD TASTE …
Словарь английских идиом
LIKE — I verb 1 BAD : What he likes to know is how much it will cost. GOOD : What he …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DREAM — 1. сущ. 1) сон, сновидение (about, of) to interpret dreams ≈ толковать сны a bad dream ≈ дурной сон a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BAD — 1. прил. 1) дурной, плохой, скверный bad language ≈ сквернословие bad luck ≈ невезение bad name ≈ дурная репутация She …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — like.ogg _I 1. laık n 1> чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DREAM — dream.ogg 1. dri:m n 1. сон, сновидение good bad dream - хороший дурной сон waking dream - сон наяву dream …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BAD — bad.ogg _I 1. bæd n 1. плохое, дурное to take the bad with the good - стойко переносить превратности судьбы; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DREAM — dream сущ.1) сон, сновидение ( about, of) to interpret dreams — толковать сны a bad dream — дурной сон a …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LIKE — _I 1. laık n 1) чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого человека, …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DREAM — 1. dri:m n 1. сон, сновидение good bad dream - хороший дурной сон waking dream - сон наяву dream fantasies …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BAD — _I 1. bæd n 1. плохое, дурное to take the bad with the good - стойко переносить превратности судьбы; в …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn: similar , resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный - like dispositions …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DREAM — 1. сущ. 1) сон, сновидение ( about, of ) to interpret dreams — толковать сны a bad dream — дурной …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BAD — 1. прил. 1) а) дурной, плохой, скверный bad language — сквернословие bad name — дурная репутация She feels bad. — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn: similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный - like dispositions - like sum Syn: equal, identical 3) разг. возможный; вероятный •• like father …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DREAM — 1. сущ. 1) сон, сновидение (about, of) to interpret dreams — толковать сны a bad dream — дурной сон a recurring dream — повторяющийся …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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