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INCUBUS
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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:
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)