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Recent Examples of vampy
On February 27, the fashion house debuted a vampy Fall/Winter 2026 collection designed by creative director David Koma.
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Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026
Hudson turned up the volume in a vampy red gown and Infinity stunned in a striking oxblood mermaid look from Louis Vuitton.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2026
Those clawlike acrylics of last season gave way to an entire vampy, gothy, witchy, femme fatale through-line on the runways.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
Released earlier this spring, the vampy film also stars actresses Hailee Steinfeld (Mary), Jayme Lawson (Pearline) and Wunmi Mosaku (Annie).
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
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Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026
Hudson turned up the volume in a vampy red gown and Infinity stunned in a striking oxblood mermaid look from Louis Vuitton.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2026
Those clawlike acrylics of last season gave way to an entire vampy, gothy, witchy, femme fatale through-line on the runways.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
Released earlier this spring, the vampy film also stars actresses Hailee Steinfeld (Mary), Jayme Lawson (Pearline) and Wunmi Mosaku (Annie).
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vampy
Adjective
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With each of those numbers comes a selection of explosive, seductive, and electric choreography.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Mar. 2026
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Don José is an inexperienced Spanish soldier who falls in love with the seductive Gypsy, Carmen.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Winnie Cheung, United States, 2025 A motorcycle rebel spirals deeper into her erotic hallucinations in order to escape the grip of a sultry serpent woman.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
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Gigi Hadid has flitted from champagne blonde to espresso brunette and sultry burgundy hair throughout the years.—
Ariel Wodarcyk,
InStyle,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That combination — genuine suffering refracted through dark humor, hardship worn lightly — is exactly what American audiences are finding so alluring in Korean stories right now.—
Dan Bilefsky,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Mar. 2026
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For this new study, Ryan and his colleagues wanted to know if human preferences for certain animal calls—including those alluring calls from male túngara frogs—correlate with the preferences of female animals.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Vampy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vampy. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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