Incubus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An evil spirit supposed to descend upon and have sexual intercourse with women as they sleep.
  • n. A nightmare.
  • n. An oppressive or nightmarish burden.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
  • n. A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare.
  • n. Any oppressive thing or person; a burden.
  • n. One of various of parasitic insects, especially Aphidiinae
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night.
  • n. The nightmare. See Nightmare.
  • n. Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The nightmare.
  • n. An imaginary being or demon, supposed to be the cause of nightmare; especially, such a being of the male sex who was supposed to consort with women in their sleep.
  • n. Figuratively, a heavy or oppressive burden; especially, a heavy weight on the mind; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.
  • n. [capitalized] In entomology, a genus of parasitic hymenopters of the family Braconidæ: synonymous with Microgaster of Latreille.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a situation resembling a terrifying dream
  • n. someone who depresses or worries others
  • n. a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    situation    unpleasant person    disagreeable person    daimon    daemon   
    Cross Reference
    succubus    incubous   
    Variant
    incubi    nightmare   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    demon    fiend    nightmare   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    psychopomp   
     
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