variants
or daemons
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as in devils
an evil spirit
only in rare cases is the ancient rite of exorcism performed to cast out a troublesome demon
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as in terrors
a source of persistent emotional distress
a man who was finally able to conquer his demons and kick his drug habit
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Recent Examples of demons
Based on the book series The Mortal Instruments, the Freeform series follows a girl (Katherine McNamara) who descends from a long line of human-angel hybrids who hunt down demons.
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Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Red must face his demons and pick up the bottle one last time to take down the monster and save his town for good.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Most notably, Xaverian was able to exorcise personal demons with a wild 25-22 win over nemesis Catholic Memorial.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Never mind The Bear — meet the Boss, fighting the same demons and nagging feelings of self-doubt that would cause Carmy Berzatto to stoically nod in recognition.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
In the musical film, HUNTR/X faces their biggest threat yet in the form of the Saja Boys, a rival boy band comprised of demons intent on stealing the ladies' fanbase and feasting on their souls.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
This decision was partly motivated by the fact that the filmmakers didn't want to risk alienating churchgoers with controversial depictions of demons and Hell.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Parker’s series starts out with too much bellowing and yelling along with hazing and bullying but loosens up and broadens out to peer into the lives of other recruits who are wrestling with demons and sometimes each other.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
His sudden loss is a terrible surprise, but his life was a monument to a drive stronger than the demons that beset genius.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Kelsie Gibson, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Red must face his demons and pick up the bottle one last time to take down the monster and save his town for good.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
Most notably, Xaverian was able to exorcise personal demons with a wild 25-22 win over nemesis Catholic Memorial.
—Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
Never mind The Bear — meet the Boss, fighting the same demons and nagging feelings of self-doubt that would cause Carmy Berzatto to stoically nod in recognition.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2025
In the musical film, HUNTR/X faces their biggest threat yet in the form of the Saja Boys, a rival boy band comprised of demons intent on stealing the ladies' fanbase and feasting on their souls.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
This decision was partly motivated by the fact that the filmmakers didn't want to risk alienating churchgoers with controversial depictions of demons and Hell.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Parker’s series starts out with too much bellowing and yelling along with hazing and bullying but loosens up and broadens out to peer into the lives of other recruits who are wrestling with demons and sometimes each other.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
His sudden loss is a terrible surprise, but his life was a monument to a drive stronger than the demons that beset genius.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demons
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The anime series follows a young man who can demolish fellow devils via a pullstring in his chest that transforms parts of his body into chainsaws.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Whether or not Alice lived happily ever after, Gertrude seems to have done so, at least once her devils were banished by inscrutability.—
Judith Thurman,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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It's been a consistently reliable genre in the decades since, pairing mental anguish and unreliable perspectives with nightmarish imagery and terrors that lie just beyond our perceptions.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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The series is set in the seemingly idyllic town of Blooming Hills, where unknown forces unleash chilling terrors on local teens.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
7 Oct. 2025
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Hidden in the outskirts of downtown Stillwater, visitors can hunt down the haunted history and ghosts of the Warden’s House Museum.—
Sophia Arndt,
Twin Cities,
19 Oct. 2025
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Families are turning dinner into an activity by using pizza dough or premade crusts to mold fun, spooky shapes, like ghosts, pumpkins, and bats, before topping them with sauce, cheese, and all their favorite fixings.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Oct. 2025
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But when the sun sets and opening night kicks off, vampires show up and cause havoc.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
15 Oct. 2025
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In the late 21st century, the spaceship Theseus and its crew of transhumans, vampires, and an artificial intelligence head to the Oort Cloud to make first contact with an alien ship named Rorschach.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
14 Oct. 2025
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For bones, spirits, and some menacing dolls, here’s where to go for a fright.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Budj Bim assigned the weeping she-oak (Casuarina) trees, whose whispering voices can be heard in the wind, to be the guardian spirits of the landscape.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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This film is truly the stuff of teen-outcast nightmares.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
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Extreme fatigue that turned mornings into catatonic nightmares.—
Eli Cahan,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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Following psychic researchers in search of spirits in a New England house with a tragic past, The Haunting trades leering ghouls and jump scares for atmosphere and suggestion, cultivating a cloud of dread that hangs like a heavy blanket over audiences.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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Jack-o-lanterns, ghouls and goblins are around every corner, but the scariest creatures of all might be thousands of feet below the ocean’s surface.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Demons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demons. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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