succubus

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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. 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
  • 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
  • This is the essence of the palpable belief in the vampire.
    Robert Eggers, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But when the sun sets and opening night kicks off, vampires show up and cause havoc.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Additionally, his pass-catching is a nightmare in one-on-one man coverage settings, so expect the Bills to try to avoid that as much as possible.
    Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Today Shaw feels empowered to tell her side of the nightmare.
    Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When their biggest demonic enemy (Lee Byung-hun) encourages the formation of an equally popular K-pop boy band aimed at stealing the souls of their fans, the trio has to fight harder than ever to hold the demons at bay while keeping their friendship intact.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 15 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

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“Succubus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/succubus. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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