succubus

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Recent Examples of succubus Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2025 That includes, but is not limited to...actual humans, DMs, AI bots or succubus demons. Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024 But the most infamous demonic teen girl of the 21st century is Jennifer Check, the hot cheerleader turned boy-eating succubus in Karyn Kusama’s cult favorite Jennifer’s Body, written by Diablo Cody and released 15 years ago today. Rafaela Bassili, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024 There are returning characters, like the elf and succubus couple who are now planning their wedding or the actual alien who is trying to fit in on Earth. Andrew Webster, The Verge, 20 Apr. 2023 Those who had hoped to fund their retirements by selling off their holdings of vintage Victorian poltergeist detectors and Edwardian succubus trackers may now have to dump their collections at fire-sale prices and retreat back to the relative security of municipal bonds. Joe Queenan, WSJ, 30 July 2022 In it, a succubus named Temptation (Cynthia Bond) pursues Joel (Bond III), a sheltered 21-year-old from the country who’s studying for the ministry, in hopes of corrupting him. Robert Daniels, Vulture, 28 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for succubus
Noun
  • This meaning is visualized in Henry Fuseli’s 1781 painting The Nightmare, which shows a woman sleeping peacefully on a couch while a nauseating monster—an incubus—sits portentously on her abdomen, unbeknownst to her.
    Time, Time, 28 Dec. 2022
  • As Tommy’s experiences in the tunnels of France mark a continued incubus for his character, with visions of being pulled into the mud, the sounding of the bell coincides with his own inner peace.
    Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 13 June 2022
Noun
  • Of course, Sarah Michelle Gellar would reprise her role as the epic vampire slayer Buffy Summers.
    Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • But rather than portraying a high school student tasked with saving the world from evil, Gellar will reportedly have a recurring role in support of a new vampire slayer.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • His next stop, at Reading on a short-term deal, was a nightmare.
    Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Their backcourt — Jrue Holiday and Derrick White — is a nightmare defensively.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • According to Hindu scriptures, gods and demons once churned the cosmic ocean in search of the nectar of immortality.
    Kyra Colah, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Lamar is also well aware of his demons and has made peace with his vices.
    Taylor Crumpton, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025

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“Succubus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succubus. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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