[
  {
    "word": "nightmare",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8na\u026at.m\u025b\u0259/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8na\u026at.m\u025b\u0259/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/na\u026at.m\u025b\u0259\u0279/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/nightmare-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2651217",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Sleep paralysis.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A very bad or frightening dream.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I had a nightmare that I tried to run but could neither move nor breathe."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Cleaning up after identity theft can be a nightmare of phone calls and letters."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "incubus",
          "night hag",
          "succubus"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nightmare"
    ]
  }
]