noun
- a distressing or frightening experience that occurs while awake, similar to a nightmare but during daytime
Usage: literary; rare
Examples
- The traumatic memory returned as a vivid daymare while she sat in traffic.
- His anxiety attacks felt like daymares that haunted his waking hours.
- The author described the character’s PTSD episodes as recurring daymares.
- Unlike nightmares that fade with morning, her daymares persisted in broad daylight.
- The therapist helped him distinguish between actual memories and anxiety-induced daymares.