Meaning of vampirish | Babel Free

Definitions

Pertaining to a vampire, characteristic of a vampire; photophobic, parasitic etc.

Examples

“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, or real men to work⟳ in factories and banks.”

“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.”

“Flaherty based the vampirish character – secretly the sideline of SCTV news anchor Floyd Robertson – on an actual 1950s horror host⟳ from his native Pittsburgh, KDKA-TV's "Igor," similarly depicted by moonlighting staff announcer George Eisenhauer.”

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