incubus
Collocations
4ADJ.
dead, dry, fearful, over
VERB + INCUBUS
dreams, hung, like
INCUBUS + NOUN
night-walking
PREP.
out
Definitions
noun
An evil spirit supposed to oppress people while asleep, especially to have sex with women as they sleep.
A feeling of oppression during sleep, sleep paralysis; night terrors, a nightmare.
it increaseth fearful dreams, incubus, night-walking, crying out, and much unquietness […] .
Any oppressive thing or person; a burden.
Again he felt the impulse of flight: but his body was a dry dead incubus that refused to obey his volition.
Ahead of us the lowering smoke-screen of Leeds and her gloomy satellites hung like an incubus over the land.
One of various of parasitic insects, especially subfamily Aphidiinae.
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Synonyms
noun — a situation resembling a terrifying dream
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Example Bank
3it increaseth fearful dreams, incubus, night-walking, crying out, and much unquietness […] .
WiktionaryAgain he felt the impulse of flight: but his body was a dry dead incubus that refused to obey his volition.
WiktionaryAhead of us the lowering smoke-screen of Leeds and her gloomy satellites hung like an incubus over the land.
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