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INCUBUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: incubi   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("incubus" is a kind of...):

daemon; daimon; demon; devil; fiend (an evil supernatural being)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who depresses or worries others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("incubus" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A situation resembling a terrifying dream

Synonyms:

incubus; nightmare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("incubus" is a kind of...):

situation (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty)

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