lamia

Definition of lamianext

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Noun
  • Like Lestat explains, there are levels of enjoyment for a vampire.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 June 2026
  • Jones first floated the idea of rock star Lestat while the team filmed Season 2 in Prague in 2023, giving Wood time to begin imagining what a nearly 300-year-old vampire might wear while reinventing himself as a singer.
    Precious Fondren, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026
Noun
  • There are highs and lows, angels and demons.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Davion Mitchell is a defensive demon.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • There’s an undercurrent of anxiety under all of it, outside of the sea hag.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
  • The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • Night of the Living Dead centers all the action at a farmhouse, where seven people attempt to ward off the ghouls — without any prior knowledge of how to do so.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 5 June 2026
  • Jittery housemaid Miss Lamb (Thomasin McKenzie) proves less trouble to manage, as Fred scares the wits out of her with bogus talk of a ghoul wandering the Moors.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • 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
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
  • At her very best, Emily behaves like a petulant pre-adolescent spoiled imp.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The second was more bizarre: that some nasty imp in my psyche might decide that jumping was a good idea.
    Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Lamia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamia. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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