Meaning of Incubus | Babel Free
ˈɪŋ.kjʊ.bəsDefinitions
Equivalents
Examples
“it increaseth fearful dreams, incubus, night-walking, crying out, and much unquietness […] .”
“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⟳.”
“Notions of civic virtue were at that moment changing, in ways which would make⟳ of Louis's alleged vices an incubus on the back of the monarchy.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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