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Recent Examples of succubus
Played by legendary arthouse actress Delphine Seyrig, the Countess Elizabeth Báthory soon reveals herself to be a succubus, who has maintained her Dietrich-like looks and poise by feasting on the blood of younger women.
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Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
The Warrens attempted to vanquish the succubus with prayer, crosses, holy water and a police officer with them for protection.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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
Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
The Warrens attempted to vanquish the succubus with prayer, crosses, holy water and a police officer with them for protection.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
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
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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
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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
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Watching Jacob imprint on a horrifying CGI baby is one of the series' worst moments, but Bella's transition into a vampire is one of the best — and an effective cliffhanger for the saga's epic conclusion.—
Lincee Ray,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Feb. 2026
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Energy vampires are everywhere, thirsty for a selfie or a sound bite or a Zoom.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Not to be overly dramatic, but dressing up for the office is basically my nightmare.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
30 Jan. 2026
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That perfect life becomes a nightmare, or is revealed to have been one all along.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Instead of teaching his nephew how to fight, Jake shows Marc what real courage is, facing down his own demons along the way.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
3 Feb. 2026
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In the process, Jake shows Marc what real courage is while facing down his own demons.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Succubus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succubus. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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