vampire

An imaginary dead person who returns to life and drinks the blood of living people.

• The story is about a vampire.
• A vampire appeared outside the castle at midnight.
• Do vampires sleep in coffins in this film?

Similar words: bloodsucker

Common phrases: vampire story, vampire bite, vampire film, vampire legend

Someone whose demands or behavior leave other people feeling tired and without energy.

• That emotional vampire leaves me exhausted.
• He becomes an energy vampire whenever he complains for hours.
• Dealing with social vampires can make ordinary conversations tiring.

Common phrases: emotional vampire, energy vampire, social vampire

Someone or something that continually takes away another person’s money, resources, or strength.

• That financial vampire keeps asking for loans.
• The faulty app is a battery vampire.
• These resource vampires consume funds intended for essential services.

Similar words: drain, leech

Common phrases: financial vampire, battery vampire, resource vampire

A person with habits or features associated with blood-drinking creatures, such as avoiding daylight or having very pale skin.

• He jokingly calls himself a vampire because he avoids daylight.
• My sister is a vampire who stays awake all night.
• With such pale skin and nighttime habits, she seems like a vampire.

Similar words: heliophobe, goth

Common phrases: pale vampire, vampire by habit, look like a vampire

A small flying animal that feeds on blood from other animals.

• The vampire feeds on animal blood.
• A common vampire can bite sleeping cattle.
• Researchers found vampires resting in the cave.

Similar words: vampire bat

Common phrases: common vampire, vampire bat, vampire colony