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- [man ee-ting]
- /mæn ˈi tɪŋ/
- /mæn iːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [man ee-ting]
- /mæn ˈi tɪŋ/
Definitions of man-eating word
- adjective man-eating feeding on or having an appetite for human flesh: a man-eating tiger. 1
- adjective man-eating animal: that eats human flesh 1
- adjective man-eating A man-eating animal is one that has killed and eaten human beings, or that people think might do so. 0
- adjective man-eating eating human flesh 0
- adjective man-eating (of a woman) having many lovers 0
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Origin of man-eating
First appearance:
before 1600 One of the 39% oldest English words
First recorded in 1600-10
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Man-eating
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
man-eating popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 44% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for man-eating
adj man-eating
- carnivorous — Carnivorous animals eat meat.
- ferocious — savagely fierce, as a wild beast, person, action, or aspect; violently cruel: a ferocious beating.
- murderous — of the nature of or involving murder: a murderous deed.
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
See also
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