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vampirey

vampirey adjective: of, relating to, or characteristic of vampires.

Adjective

vampirey (comparative more vampirey, superlative most vampirey)

  1. (informal) Of, relating to, or characteristic of vampires.
    • Even though virtually every character in the novel, besides Cody, is a vampire, Vampire High is not at all a vampirey novel. Rees's vampires are born as vampires who marry and produce little vampires. Justin explains that they no longer kill for ...2006, Deborah Wilson Overstreet, Not Your Mother's Vampire: Vampires in Young Adult Fiction, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 44
    • I'd gotten fed up before, tired of the vampirey stuff I had to learn to accommodate, frightened of getting in deeper. Sometimes, I just wanted to see humans for a while. So for over three weeks, that was what I did. I didn't call Bill; he didn't call me.2009, Charlaine Harris, Living Dead In Dallas: A True Blood Novel, Hachette UK, →ISBN

Examples of vampirey in a sentence

  • (Too vampirey.) Yield to the forbidden music of my soul. (Way too vampirey.) Dear Chloe, please can I sink my teeth into your neck and drink your blood? (One step at a time, Nigel.)2010, Tim Collins, Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire: Because the Undead Have Feelings Too!, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
  • “Last week,” he says, “I sent 'The Winning Shot' to Temple Bar—a very ghastly Animal Magnetism vampirey sort of tale.2013, Arthur Conan Doyle, Vampire Stories, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:

Synonyms of vampirey

Forms of vampirey

comparativemore vampirey
superlativemost vampirey
alternative formvampiry

Origin of vampirey

From vampire + -y.

Words formed from vampirey

Questions about vampirey

What does vampirey mean?
Vampirey means of, relating to, or characteristic of vampires.
How do you use vampirey in a sentence?
(Too vampirey.) Yield to the forbidden music of my soul. (Way too vampirey.) Dear Chloe, please can I sink my teeth into your neck and drink your blood? (One step at a time, Nigel.)
What part of speech is vampirey?
Vampirey is an adjective.

Words near vampirey in the dictionary

  1. vampiresque
  2. vampiress
  3. vampiresses
  4. vampirette
  5. vampirettes
  6. vampirey
  7. vampireyness
  8. vampiric
  9. vampirical
  10. vampirically
  11. vampiricide

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