Vampirish
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvampʌɪɹɪʃ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Vampirish is an adjective meaning Pertaining to a vampire, characteristic of a vampire; photophobic, parasitic etc.
Meaning
Pertaining to a vampire, characteristic of a vampire; photophobic, parasitic etc.
Example Sentences
The "N. Khodataev Group" is credited with the 1927 "We'll Keep Our Eyes Peeled," about the mounting threat of war, at least as perceived by the Soviets, from the vampirish capitalists of Western Europe.
Flaherty based the vampirish character – secretly the sideline of SCTV news anchor Floyd Robertson – on an actual 1950s horror host from his native Pittsburgh, KDKA-TV's "Igor," similarly depicted by moonlighting staff announcer George Eisenhauer.
In London, when the pasty light of dawn had stained the ceiling above the curtain pole, he would listen with vampirish panic to the squealing and rumbling of distant juggernauts, and then to the nearby whining of a milkcart, and eventually to the slamming doors of cars bearing children to school, or real men to work in factories and banks.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vampiristic, vampirical, vampirey, vampirological, parasitical, photophobic.
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