succubus
/ˈsʌkjʊbəs/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈsʌkjʊbəs/
succubus
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Clear final sound
suc - cu - bus -> succubus
Myanmar meaning
အိပ်ပျော်နေသည့် လူယောင်္ကျားများနှင့် ကာမစပ်ယှက်မှု ပြုသည်ဟု ရှေးယုံကြည်ကြခဲ့သော ကဝေမ။
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- ‘In this, the nightmare equals the incubi and succubi, a personification of erotic dream figures.’
- ‘I thought I was being attacked by a succubus again.’
- ‘He carefully stepped around the various succubi, incubi and lesser lust demons littering the room, finally stopping in front of the throne.’
- ‘She was a Valkryie, a succubus - a dark-eyed angel roaring through the sky in the path of vengeance unknowable.’
- ‘A succubus is not just a fantastic, furry creature: it is a female demon fabled to have sexual intercourse with sleeping men.’
- ‘For most of the history of Christianity there are reports of Satan having sex with humans, either as an incubus (male devil) or succubus (female devil).’
- ‘The darkness is seductive; and the black ocean straddles me as a dark succubus.’
- ‘Certainly the phenomenon experienced by our subjects is very similar to that, as I mentioned, with people who have encountered ghosts and incubi and succubi and witches and things of that sort that visit them at night.’
- ‘Harrison says ‘If your uncle was right about a succubus being among us, it may be that the demon is clever enough to cover her tracks.’’
- ‘Has anyone had any experiences with what might be considered a succubus or incubus?’
- ‘It wasn't a possessive spirit who just couldn't let it's house go, and it wasn't a spectral incubi and succubi who would attack you at night and give you a whole new take on the phrase ‘bed bugs’.’
- ‘You really expect me to believe an angel is going to hang out with a succubus?’
- ‘I see the notorious Sheila Face, certainly named by some carnal-dreaming mountaineer, looming like a succubus above the hut.’
- ‘It was a union that was blessed by Jesus in the sacred ceremony of marriage, only to be destroyed by a succubus of Satan.’
- ‘Grim skulls taunt Mother Superior's mind, while a severely cowled Mary Magdalene in green eye shadow and come-hither lipstick holds court over a writhing succubus.’
- ‘People dressed up as something else - but that something else often meant vampires, devils, and succubi.’
Synonyms
Archfiend, Satan, beast, brute, demon, devil, dream, evil, evil spirit, fancy, fantasy, fiend, goblin, hallucination, hellion, hobgoblin, horror, illusion, imp, incubus, little devil, malignant spirit, monster, nightmare, ordeal, phantasm, rascal, rogue, succuba, torment, trial, tribulation, vampire, villain, vision
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