Thesaurus: incubus

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1. n. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night.
2. n. The nightmare. See Nightmare.
3. n. Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties.
4. n. a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
5. n. a situation resembling a terrifying dream
6. n. someone who depresses or worries others
7. 1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. Tylor. The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi, though this distinction was not always preserved. Lecky. 2. (Med.) The nightmare. See Nightmare. Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden, as we call it. Burton. 3. Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties. Debt and usury is the incubus which weighs most heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey. J. L. Farley.
8. The nightmare. See Nightmare.Such as are troubled with incubus, or witch-ridden, as we call it.Burton.
9. n:100 n. a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women n. someone who depresses or worries others