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vampire

vampire

737 5.1
A dead person who comes out at night to drink the blood of living people
  • noun
  • /ˈvæmˌpaɪər/
  • NSFW
translation icon : vampiro
  • The community in The Vampire Diaries is based on a family model.
  • vampire lore
  • folkloric vampire
  • fictional vampire

And they're at the court of the the vampire queen Bianca.

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Examples

  • And the idea behind it is that vampires drink blood.

  • And they're at the court of the the vampire queen Bianca.

  • Are you some kind of vampire or something?

  • I sleep like a vampire in a coffin.

  • OK, so these are, I believe, real vampire dangers.

  • We're going to talk about vampires, yes, maths and vampires.

  • There was a mark on her scalp, like a vampire bite on the neck.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • As she steps further away from the doorway, the vampires slowly begin to close around her.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Almost as if it heard that, one of the vampires turns toward the gym, grinning hugely.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The story describes a vampire that rises from its grave at night to hunt for blood.

Synonyms

Dracula
vsvampire
  • Literature
62 6.8

A fictional vampire count from a famous scary novel

is a folkloric undead who rises from the grave at night to drink blood
lamia
vsvampire
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A female monster that comes at night to drink people's blood

is an undead corpse rather than a demon not specifically female
vampyre
vsvampire
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A mythical creature that drinks blood from living people

is the modern standard spelling rather than the older literary form

Compounds

vampire bat
  • Specialized
3 5.1

A small flying mammal from Central and South America that drinks blood from animals

energy vampire
  • Offensive
8.1

A person who makes others feel emotionally tired by being negative or demanding

A device that uses electricity when switched off or in standby

A large bat that eats insects at night, not blood

A bat that eats insects instead of drinking blood

A small bat from tropical America that feeds on the blood of birds

help vampire
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who always asks others for help but never tries to solve problems alone or help them back

time vampire
  • Informal
7.9

Something that wastes a lot of your time

true vampire bat
  • Specialized
9.2

A bat from tropical America that drinks the blood of animals like cows and birds

vampire time
  • Informal
8.8

Late-night hours when bars and clubs are busy and lively

Surface Forms

vampire singular
vampires plural

Etymology

Vampire comes from a Slavic word vampir that described a dead person who came back at night 'to drink blood'. So a vampire today is the same idea: a mythic, undead creature that feeds on the living.