MEANING
Resembling a blood-drinking supernatural predator, or draining others' energy or resources.
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Words that belong together
- vampiric creature
- vampiric appetite
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The narrative gives the host a vampiric appetite.
Word forms
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- vampiric
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror / gothic. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.
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