vampire

noun

vam·pire ˈvam-ˌpī(-ə)r

Synonyms of vampire next

: the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep

: one who lives by preying on others

: a woman who exploits and ruins her lover

: vampire bat

vampiric

vam-ˈpir-ik

adjective

vampirish

ˈvam-ˌpī(-ə)r-ish

adjective

Examples of vampire in a Sentence

regarded debt collectors as vampires who made a living from the misery of others

Recent Examples on the Web The satire reimagines Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet as a 250-year-old vampire (Jaime Vadell) who's tired of the bloodsucking and wants to end it all, though the people around him aren't ready to let go quite yet. —

Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2023 The woman and child do not qualify as vampires, said Martyn Rady, a historian at University College London. —

Franz Lidz, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2023 Buoyed by the inexhaustible vampire mythology (prominent among the quotations is a shot of a ship that hints at Murnau’s Nosferatu), Larraín and his screenwriter Guillermo Calderón greedily dive their hands among Pinochet’s crimes true to a central idea. —

Boris Sollazzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023 Witch Mansion, which is open from May through October, is another option complete with witches, ghosts, vampires, and more. —

Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2023 Similarly, those who might have feared that a black comedy featuring Pinochet as a suicidal vampire would somehow humanize the dictator or lessen the gravity of his reign of terror, can consider those fears quelled by the uncompromising grisliness of both theme and form. —

Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023 But not before the dashing young vampire had been awoken to his true nature. —

Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Aug. 2023 Bud really works as a vampire hunter, and spends his days killing vampires to earn enough money to provide for his daughter. —

Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 30 Aug. 2023 Push sturdy metal cookie cutters into clean gourds — from bats and skeletons to ghosts and vampires. —

Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 25 Aug. 2023 See More

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