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Russian
Etymology
кошмар (košmar) + -и́ть (-ítʹ) (literally, "to nightmare")
Verb
кошма́рить • (košmáritʹ) impf
- (slang) to frighten, to make someone's life nightmarish
Synonyms
- чморить, чмырить, терроризировать, стращать, ужасать
References
- ^ Pitner, Barrett Holmes (2022 January 30) “A Word for Creating Nightmares”, in www.the-reconstructionist.com, retrieved 5 June 2025: “Koshmarit, a Russian verb meaning “to nightmare,” speaks to the rising tensions in eastern Europe as Russia threatens to invade Ukraine. Vladimir Putin appears intent to nightmare a nation as part of his dream to align all of the former Soviet states with Russia.”
- ^ Pomerantsev, Peter (2025 April 4) “Play Putin at his own game by ‘nightmaring’ his world order”, in The Spectator, retrieved 5 June 2025:
There’s a delicious Russian verb that derives from the criminal underworld: “koshmarit,” literally “to nightmare someone.” It usually denotes how authorities give criminals, or anyone they dislike, so much relentless hassle from so many different angles they bend them to their will. Vladimir Putin, always keen to bring mafia language into politics, was the first Russian statesman to make use of it in public – he once instructed his authorities to stop “nightmaring” the business community.