vampiric
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- adjective
- /væmˈpɪrɪk/
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explotador
- It's my own personal way to protest the vampiric nature of modern-day capitalism!
But the way it worked, it was a kind of vampiric search engine, and what it did was it didn't index the Internet at all.
- But the way it worked, it was a kind of vampiric search engine, and what it did was it didn't index the Internet at all.
- I'm smiling because doesn't that feel a bit vampiric?
Examples
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The gorgeous Russian blonde at the restaurant bar stares at you with vampiric hunger, and you wonder whether the local sin is as extravagant as the shopping.
Blog text (31) -
Instead of changing the vampiric nature of patriarchal society, we try to change the victim.
Blog text (12) -
But you also brought to mind something else, which is the first person narratives are vampiric narratives.
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Indeed, Ward articulates the vampiric nature of the smartphone and other technologies more fully in his own article, Supernormal: How the Internet Is Changing Our Memories and Our Minds.
Academic text (2018) -
The popularity of social media can be vampiric, constantly draining our attention and energy from real-life interactions.
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Many believe that toxic relationships are vampiric, taking away more than they give and leaving one feeling drained.
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The vampiric demands of the project left the team exhausted, as they were required to work long hours without sufficient breaks.
Synonyms
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Trying to take advantage of people to get money or power
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Feeding on other animals by sucking their blood
Attractive in a dangerous way that takes advantage of people
Being someone who takes money or help from others without giving anything back
Antonyms
How Draining
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vampiric comes from vampire, the legendary being that 'sucks blood', so a 'vampiric' person or system is one that 'drains' others' energy, money, or life in a similar, harmful way.