vampiric

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/væmˈpɪɹɪk/

adjective

Having the traits of a vampire.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivevampiric (comparative more vampiric, superlative most vampiric)

comparative more vampiric · superlative most vampiric

  1. Having the traits of a vampire.

    (Admittedly, the fact that Steve Mnuchin, Trump’s vampiric treasury secretary, was a Fury Road executive producer complicates this whole parallel. I don’t know what to do with that. Even pieces of shit can, I suppose, be involved with great things from time to time.)

    2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022

    Synonyms: vampirey, vampirical, vampirine

nounvampiric (plural vampirics)

plural vampirics

  1. fantasyA vampire or vampire-like creature.

    Vampirics kill to eat, not to play. Mostly.

    2015, D. C. McGannon, C. Michael McGannon, Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters: Council of the Hunters, page 18
    1 more example

    You should know Jakob; you are one of the oldest Vampirics we have here besides Braedon and me.

    2020, Katlyne Marie, Unnatural, volume 1

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving the traits of a vampire.

Also see

Origin

  1. Frenchvampire
  2. Englishvampire
  3. Englishvampiric

From vampire + -ic.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan vampíric
  • vampíricvampiric
Czech upírský
  • upírskývampiric
Danish vampyrisk
  • vampyriskvampiric
Esperanto vampira
  • vampiravampiric
French vampirique
  • vampiriquevampiric
Italian vampirico
  • vampiricovampiric
Polish wampirski
  • wampirskivampiric
Portuguese vampírico
  • vampíricovampiric
Romanian vampiric
  • vampiricvampiric
Russian вампи́рский, вампири́ческий
  • вампи́рский (vampírskij)vampiric
  • вампири́ческий (vampiríčeskij)vampiric
Spanish vampírico
  • vampíricovampiric
Swedish vampyrisk
  • vampyriskvampiric
Cite this entry
APA

vampiric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vampiric

MLA

“vampiric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vampiric. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vampiric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vampiric.

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