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fangsome

fangsome adjective: having sharp and menacing teeth.

Adjective

fangsome (comparative more fangsome, superlative most fangsome)

  1. Having sharp and menacing teeth.
    • You will find that you share the caves with several fearsome, fangsome, and famished monsters.1990, Dan McGirt, Royal Chaos, page 184
    • The dragon blinked, jerked back, and gave another roar. As again it extended its fangsome head, Thorolf struck it again.1991, L. Sprague de Camp, Catherine Crook de Camp, The Pixilated Peeress, page 115
    Synonyms:
    fangful, fangy
  2. (humorous) Attractive due to possessing fangs.
    • We’ll take you through every stage of the relationship: where to find your fangsome fella, how to catch his eye (in the right way, naturally) and ways to swap and share your interests.2009, Sophie Collins, How to Date a Vampire, page 6
    • And when it comes to our current living arrangements . . . well, maybe it’s finally time for you to shack up with tall, dark, and fangsome over there.2009, Michelle Rowen, Tall, Dark & Fangsome, page 328

Examples of fangsome in a sentence

  • We leased an expensive billboard on the interstate, just south of Cape Coral: COME SEE "SETH," FANGSOME SEA SERPENT AND ANCIENT LIZARD OF DEATH!!!2011, Karen Russell, Swaplandia!, page 6:
  • Over his shoulder, I saw Jane Jameson-Nightengale step out onto the porch with her tall, dark, and fangsome husband, Gabriel, and her childe, Jamie, who also happened to be my best friend.2015, Molly Harper, The Dangers of Dating a Rebound Vampire, page 27:

Synonyms of fangsome

Forms of fangsome

comparativemore fangsome
superlativemost fangsome

Origin of fangsome

From fang + -some.

Questions about fangsome

What does fangsome mean?
Fangsome means having sharp and menacing teeth.
How do you use fangsome in a sentence?
We leased an expensive billboard on the interstate, just south of Cape Coral: COME SEE "SETH," FANGSOME SEA SERPENT AND ANCIENT LIZARD OF DEATH!!!
What part of speech is fangsome?
Fangsome is an adjective.

Words near fangsome in the dictionary

  1. fangs it
  2. Fangshan
  3. fangshi
  4. fangsmith
  5. fangsmiths
  6. fangsome
  7. fangtastic
  8. fangtasy
  9. fangteeth
  10. fangtooth
  11. fangtooth snake-eel

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