fanged
3
5.8
- adjective
- /fæŋd/
- A thick blue tongue swung like a pendulum from a fanged cave of a mouth.
- fanged creature
- fanged mouth
- fanged monster
Examples
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Her mouth is fanged and demonic!
Fiction book (1996) -
What if the flying fanged serpents get you?
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- A sharp fanged beast.
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The effect is that of a gaping, fanged mouth.
Academic text (2004) -
With the woman burned away, what remained was a beast, furred, fanged, four-legged, and hungry for the hunt.
Fiction book (1999) -
They now have a religion and they're worshipping this fanged Jaguar God.
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Noses elongated; eyes burned; fanged mouths leered.
Fiction book (2000) -
Even a hundred-meter multi-winged monster armed with hideous fanged mandibles was wary of humans.
Fiction book (2000) -
There are clues: framed lithographs of gorillas; a portrait of a giant robot, a woman trapped in its pincers; a small ivory dragon, fanged and hideous.
Fiction book (2001) -
The fanged wolf stalked its prey in the moonlight, its sharp teeth glistening.
Synonyms
25
3.7
Having teeth in the mouth for biting and chewing
8
7.8
An animal with long curved front teeth like a saber used for hunting
8
4.1
Having large visible teeth when smiling
1
5.9
Having a long, narrow shape with a sharp point like a tooth
1
4.0
Having sharp, pointed teeth like a shark
Antonyms
How Sharp-Toothed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word fanged comes from the old word fang, which once meant a tooth that 'grabs' or 'catches' prey. So a fanged animal is one that has long, sharp teeth for grabbing and biting.