vampirish

Adjective

vampirish (comparative more vampirish, superlative most vampirish)

1. Pertaining to a vampire, characteristic of a vampire; photophobic, parasitic etc.
   • In London, when the pasty light of dawn had stained the ceiling above the curtain pole, he would listen with vampirish panic to the squealing and rumbling of distant juggernauts, and then to the nearby whining of a milkcart, and eventually to the slamming doors of cars bearing children to school...1994, Edward St Aubyn, Bad News, Picador, published 2006, page 227
   • The "N. Khodataev Group" is credited with the 1927 "We'll Keep Our Eyes Peeled," about the mounting threat of war, at least as perceived by the Soviets, from the vampirish capitalists of Western Europe.2007 March 13, Dave Kehr, “New DVDs”, in New York Times