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man-eating

man-eat·ing
M m

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [man ee-ting]
    • /mæn ˈi tɪŋ/
    • /mæn iːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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

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