Thesaurus results for INCUBUS

incubus

noun

Definition of incubus

as in demon

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Recent Examples of incubus 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 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, 28 Dec. 2022

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Noun

Johnny then becomes bonded to a supernatural demon called the Spirit of Vengeance and is able to transform into a flaming, skeletal biker.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 July 2026
Sharing personal demons and political passions go hand in hand for 23-year-old Rodrigo.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 23 July 2026

Definition of demon

Noun

Three species of bats inhabit the site, and supernatural events—including the appearance of the gamekeeper’s ghost and the wail of a banshee—have been reported.

— Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026
Weaving, even more than before, makes Grace an ingénue gone banshee.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026

Definition of banshee

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
As boss-man turns into a cantering, slavering, apparently all-over treble-jointed ghoul, Young-cheol announces that his own living blood contains the only antidote.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 29 May 2026

Definition of ghoul

Noun

Gasoline prices are set to rise significantly and for an extended period, as the specter of $100 oil returns amidst escalating Middle East tensions.

— David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Surging tensions across the Middle East strangled shipping traffic, driving energy prices higher and raising the specter of accelerating inflation worldwide.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of specter

Noun

That is, until miraculous apparitions turn it into a place to be.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 July 2026
The music starts to shift beginning with the third episode, when Lestat becomes overwhelmed by the apparition of his abusive maker and other ghosts, including Claudia, whose killing he’d been forced to witness firsthand.

— Hannah Giorgis Yohannes, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026

Definition of apparition

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