NichiDict

うなされる

魘される
[unasareru]

Meanings

1.IchidanIntransitive

to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep

Examples

子供が熱にうなされている

The child is moaning in their sleep from a fever.

彼は悪夢にうなされて目が覚めた。

He was tormented by a nightmare and woke up.

怖い映画の後、時々うなされることがある。

After a scary movie, I sometimes moan in my sleep.