genie

noun

Definition of genienext
as in demon
in stories a magic spirit that looks like a person, often lives in a lamp or bottle, and serves the person who calls it He rubbed the magic lamp to summon the genie.

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Recent Examples of genie Eden is best known for her starring role as the title character in the 1960s I Dream of Jeannie, a sitcom that followed an astronaut who found a bottle containing a 2,000-year-old genie. — Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026 Alibaba is hoping to summon the AI genie from its bottle with a mega share sale. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 24 Aug. 2026 The filmmaker Lucas Ansel picked up on this fact, and ran with it, creating a stop-motion-animation adaptation of the classic Shouts, which describes a bit of a monkey’s-paw situation, involving a hard-of-hearing genie in a bathroom, naturally. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026 For the first time since the Second World War, wealthy Americans watched their tax rates plunge, unleashing a genie that, in time, would shake loose any remaining restrictions on American oligarchs’ wealth. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for genie
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  1. demon
  2. vampire
  3. fairy
  4. ghost
  5. ghoul
  6. devil
  7. jinni
Noun
  • The short, sharp argument in the MacNeil kitchen is an example of the upstairs demon pervading all bodies through hate.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The golden deer and the Lakshmana rekha When word of Khara’s death reaches his brother Ravana, the demon king vows revenge on Rama and Lakshmana with the assistance of Maricha (a rakshasa).
    — Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of demon
Noun
  • Nihon University German film professor Shibuya Tetsuya, who gave an introductory lecture on German cinema, noted that the film even features a vegetarian vampire.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Alba—who shares kids Honor, 18; Haven, 15; and Hayes, 8, with ex-husband Cash Warren—also deleted photos of her son dressed up as a vampire from the Halloween photo dump.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of vampire
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  • Lights from torches and Navi the fairy play off the floors and walls of dungeons with lavish detail, making metal glint and bringing out the cracks and contours of stone and tile.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The figure’s outstretched hand holds up a tiny fairy-like woman at eye level.
    — Artforum, Artforum, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of fairy
Noun
  • In her first sketch, Navarrette and Hernandez played the ghost of a couple of 1930s kids on the Queen Mary who keep distracting a tourist from hearing where another ghost’s treasure is hidden.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2026
  • All parties, that is, except for Oluko, who has emerged as a late-breaking villain and ghost in the machine.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of ghost
Noun
  • Throughout outer space lie stars and galaxies that resemble creepy creatures, spooky skulls and galactic ghouls.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Humanoid moths and demon babies, hitchhiking ghouls, the occasional sea monster and even a suspicious phantom kangaroo or two.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of ghoul
Noun
  • The guitars shred our ears, the wall opens up, and a pair of monsters slinks into the room — a red devil, a hunchbacked demon with a black snout.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2026
  • In 1974 the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons first appeared, and later editions featured such character types as devils and demons.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of devil
Noun
  • The film draws on the story of King Solomon, said in legend to have commanded the jinn.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Oct. 2026
  • But as the djinn becomes embodied, the delicate balance between the real and the supernatural starts to falter.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 June 2026
Definition of jinni

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