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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.
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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
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
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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
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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
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In Memoriam looks at these vampires and how they’ve been thrust into the limelight due to the Gehenna War.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
28 July 2025
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The temporary crowns did look oddly artificial—like the plastic vampire teeth that children wear, except more elegant.—
Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Relocated to a coastal town under the care of her brother’s best friend, Axel Nguyen, Leah grapples with grief, haunting nightmares and a fractured sense of self.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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There are a lot of stock viewer-goosings: Screaming ghoul faces, crawling insects, waking nightmares and other jump scares, including the sonic kind of sudden loud noises or silences.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The powerful entity attacked Naruto’s home, the Hidden Tree Village, before his birth, and the boy’s father used his newborn son as a vessel to trap the demon.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Well, look no further than demon of crowdwork Matt Rife, who has become the legal guardian of Ed and Lorraine Warren’s home.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Succubus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succubus. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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