Vampire

Quick meaning: Vampire is a noun meaning A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.

Meaning

A mythological creature (usually humanoid and undead) said to feed on the blood or life energy of the living.

More Meanings

1. A blood-sucking bat; vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus)
2. (figurative, derogatory) A person who drains one's time, energy, money, etc.
3. (US, slang) A medical technician who works with patients' blood; especially, a phlebotomist.
4. (US naval jargon) Synonym of anti-ship missile (ASM), particularly an incoming hostile one.
5. (colloquial, usually humorous) A person with habits traditionally ascribed to (literal) vampires, such as heliophobia, being a night owl, having pale skin, and so on.
6. (colloquial, disrespectful) A person with the medical condition porphyria cutanea tarda, colloquially known as vampirism, with effects such as photosensitivity and brownish-red stained teeth.
7. (dated) A vamp: a seductive woman who exploits men.

Example Sentences

emotional vampire

Near-synonyms: heliophobe, goth

The universal belief is, that a person sucked by a vampyre becomes a vampyre himself, and sucks in his turn.

I'm a vampire, baby, sucking blood from the earth / Well, I'm a vampire, baby, sell you twenty barrels worth

Word Forms

• vampires
• vampyre
• vampiring
• vampired

Synonyms for vampire

Depending on context, synonyms include hemovore, hematophagous, nosferatu, lamia, heliophobe, goth.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include lamia, ghoul, undead, clan, kind, bloodsucker.

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