succubus

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Recent Examples of succubus There are many cons to dating a succubus. Erin La Rosa, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026 The Warrens attempted to vanquish the succubus with prayer, crosses and holy water, and even had a police officer with them for protection. Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026 Played by legendary arthouse actress Delphine Seyrig, the Countess Elizabeth Báthory soon reveals herself to be a succubus, who has maintained her Dietrich-like looks and poise by feasting on the blood of younger women. Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for succubus
Noun
  • The Devil’s Museum, a satellite of the main collection, has amassed more than 3,000 depictions of demons, evil spirits and incubus from around the world.
    Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Your fame sits beside you like an incubus, and people are embarrassed and want to leave the room.
    Candace Bushnell, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Inside Toronto’s historic Danforth Music Hall, on a stage littered with ornate rugs and illuminated by dozens of overlapping fuchsia, tangerine, and lavender lights, a vampire is singing a diss track.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
  • There’s a running gag about vampires peeing blood at public urinals This marvelously fun shift in tone more than justifies the title change.
    Judy Berman, Time, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Doue and Dembele also drop into midfield, while Kvaratskhelia is his usual destructive self off the left, rounding off a nightmare of rotations and raw running power that tempts defences out of their shape before smashing through.
    Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • The nightly variance in a league that shot 44 percent from the floor last season is a mathematical nightmare.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • Centered on Zhong Kui, the iconic demon-quelling deity of Chinese folklore, the family-friendly adventure follows a young human girl named Chujiu who accidentally enters the underworld.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 1 June 2026
  • In many ways, Rue’s fate had long been sealed, thanks to both her own personal demons and her tense spot between DEA agents and the crime boss Alamo (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje).
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026

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“Succubus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succubus. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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