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
  • When Thomas is dispatched to Transylvania to help Orlok with a real estate transaction, a chain of events is set in motion to help the vampire pursue his horrifying union with Ellen.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Maybe Twilight is real and there are a lot of vampires collecting Social Security.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • While thankfully there were no fatalities, videos like that are the stuff that nightmares are made of.
    Harry Enten, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Marshmallow centers on Morgan (played by Kue Lawrence), an introverted 12-year-old suffering from nightmares who heads to a secluded summer camp.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Now a lawyer like her father, she’s forced to confront her demons as the case twists through one shocking revelation after another.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer launched in 1997 and ultimately ran for seven seasons, telling the story of its titular hero, a young woman who must fight vampires, demons, and other evil forces while making her way through high school.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2025

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“Succubus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succubus. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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