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fanged

fanged

3 5.8
An animal or person with long sharp teeth for biting
  • adjective
  • /fæŋd/
translation icon : dentado
  • A thick blue tongue swung like a pendulum from a fanged cave of a mouth.
  • fanged creature
  • fanged mouth
  • fanged monster

Examples

  • Her mouth is fanged and demonic!

    Fiction book (1996)
  • What if the flying fanged serpents get you?

  • - A sharp fanged beast.

  • 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.

  • 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

toothy
vsfanged
7 4.1

Having large visible teeth when smiling

describes teeth built for biting or piercing, not just a prominent smile display
saber-toothed
vsfanged
  • US
6 7.8

An animal with long curved front teeth like a saber used for hunting

is about long sharp teeth used for biting or piercing, not only upper curved ones
toothed
vsfanged
1 3.7

Having teeth in the mouth for biting and chewing

focuses on long piercing teeth specifically, not just having any teeth
fangy
vsfanged
1 5.9

Having a long, narrow shape with a sharp point like a tooth

is used mainly for biting or piercing rather than just appearance
sharp-toothed
vsfanged
4.0

Having sharp, pointed teeth like a shark

is more about long specialized biting teeth rather than general sharp ones

Antonyms

231 1.0

Not able to hurt people or things

13 2.4

Having no teeth in the mouth

How Sharp-Toothed

fanged
3 5.8

Surface Forms

fanged positive

Morphology

fanged = fang (transparent) = fang + ed

Standard adjective formation from the noun 'fang' with '-ed' meaning 'having' or 'possessing' that feature.

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.