lamia

noun

Definition of lamianext
as in vampire

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  1. vampire
  2. demon
  3. hag
  4. ghoul
  5. succubus
  6. incubus
  7. imp
Noun
  • Many Orlando-area homes feature skeletons that tower over the neighborhood, witchy covens, horror movie icons, clowns, pirate ships, pumpkins, zombies and vampires.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • It is nearly considered folkloric, with contemporary vampires still mirroring the characteristics of Polidori’s Ruthven.
    — Maria Papadouris, JSTOR Daily, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of vampire
Noun
  • Rest assured, the only demons in Phony appear to be figurative.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
  • One American season later, the race demons raged and all of those commitments are dropped.
    — Kamau Bobb October 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of demon
Noun
  • The boo hag Take, for instance, the boo hag, a being in Gullah Geechee folklore.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The sea hag in Widow’s Bay, by contrast, is a monstrous cross between Samara from The Ring, the entity from It Follows, and the lady in the bathtub from The Shining.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of hag
Noun
  • This year a ghoul towers over the entrance, welcoming visitors — or perhaps warning them to stay away.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At its strongest, Crossing the Red Line paints an important portrait of the ghouls who prosecuted the genocide in Gaza, offering an historically crucial record of their conduct and their failures.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of ghoul
Noun
  • In Jennifer’s Body, Needy (Seyfried) is BFFs with the titular mean girl played by Fox, whose body becomes possessed by a succubus with a taste for teen boys after a botched sacrifice by a devil-worshipping boy band (led by Adam Brody).
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
  • There are many cons to dating a succubus.
    — Erin La Rosa, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Definition of succubus
Noun
  • The Devil’s Museum, a satellite of the main collection, has amassed more than 3,000 depictions of demons, evil spirits and incubus from around the world.
    — Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Your fame sits beside you like an incubus, and people are embarrassed and want to leave the room.
    — Candace Bushnell, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2025
Definition of incubus
Noun
  • People have since replaced the imp with fictional people like Sam and Dean Winchester and Wednesday Addams, public figures like Gypsy-Rose Blanchard and even mascots like Ronald McDonald.
    — Angela Yang, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Mykal-Michelle Harris from Raven’s Home guest stars as Ruby, a mischievous moon imp who tricks Vee.
    — Allison McClain Merrill, Parents, 22 Sep. 2026
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