incubus
n . 梦魇,沉重的负担
梦魇,沈重的负担
incubus n 1 :
a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women 2 :
a situation resembling a terrifying dream [
synonym : {
nightmare },
{
incubus }]
3 :
someone who depresses or worries others Incubus \
In "
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n .;
pl .
E . {
Incubuses },
L . {
Incubi }. [
L .,
the nightmare .
Cf . {
Incubate }.]
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1 .
A demon ;
a fiend ;
a lascivious spirit ,
supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night . --
Tylor .
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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 .
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2 . (
Med .)
The nightmare .
See {
Nightmare }.
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Such as are troubled with incubus ,
or witch -
ridden ,
as we call it . --
Burton .
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3 .
Any oppressive encumbrance or burden ;
anything that prevents the free use of the faculties .
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Debt and usury is the incubus which weighs most heavily on the agricultural resources of Turkey .
--
J .
L .
Farley .
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86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
incubus ":
Baba Yaga ,
Dracula ,
Frankenstein ,
Lilith ,
Wolf -
man ,
afreet ,
bad dream ,
bale ,
barghest ,
bogey ,
bogeyman ,
brown study ,
bugaboo ,
bugbear ,
burden ,
burdening ,
burthen ,
cacodemon ,
cargo ,
charge ,
charging ,
cumber ,
cumbrance ,
daeva ,
daydream ,
deadweight ,
demon ,
devil ,
drag ,
dream ,
dybbuk ,
evil spirit ,
fee -
faw -
fum ,
fiend ,
fiend from hell ,
freight ,
frightener ,
genie ,
genius ,
ghost ,
ghoul ,
gyre ,
handicap ,
hellion ,
hobgoblin ,
holy terror ,
horror ,
incumbency ,
jinni ,
jinniyeh ,
lading ,
lamia ,
load ,
loading ,
millstone ,
monster ,
nightmare ,
ogre ,
ogress ,
oppression ,
overload ,
overtaxing ,
overweighting ,
phantom ,
pipe dream ,
pressure ,
rakshasa ,
revenant ,
reverie ,
saddling ,
satan ,
scarebabe ,
scarecrow ,
scarer ,
shedu ,
specter ,
succubus ,
superincumbency ,
surcharge ,
taxing ,
terror ,
the undead ,
vampire ,
vision ,
werewolf ,
yogini
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