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
  • One raucous night at the local juke joint, a bluesy and boozy speakeasy that caters to Black patrons, turns into a fight for survival when vampires attempt to enter the premises.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The deadly deal with the devil — or in this case, vampire — unleashes a plague on the couple’s village in this remake of the 1922 German Expressionist classic.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Title nightmare On a recent morning, Wade Clark stood in front of the shell of what used to be his home in Clearwater.
    Ben Wieder, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2025
  • But the fairytale turns into a nightmare when Ivan’s handler (Karren Karagulian) and henchman (Yura Borisov) enter the picture.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • But as Korean conservatives prepare for a long night of wrestling with their demons, liberals are facing troubles of their own.
    John Delury, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2025
  • What if Valeri Nichushkin’s personal demons hadn’t led to him leaving the team in the playoffs for two straight years?
    Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025

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“Succubus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succubus. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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