vampier; vampiest
: of or relating to a vamp : vampish
also : risqué
a vampy minidress

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Cardi dialed up the goth glam with thin angled eyebrows and a vampy red lip and wore her inky black hair in voluminous curls. Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 4 Aug. 2025 From bob haircuts to vampy lip colors, the Modern Family star has never shied away from a bold beauty look. Ariana Yaptangco, Glamour, 25 July 2025 By the halfway point, when the vampy, non-comic villainess Spider Lady (Carol Forman) takes over the narrative, the plot gets repetitive and the temptation to skip over the next few Saturday screenings becomes overpowering. Rory Doherty, Vulture, 11 July 2025 Her glam was dark and vampy with a smokey eye and dark red lipstick. Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 11 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for vampy

Word History

Etymology

vamp entry 1 + -y entry 1

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vampy was in 1949

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“Vampy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vampy. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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