man-eating

Adjective

Meaning

man-eating (not comparable)

Inclined to eat human flesh; that attacks and kills humans for food.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

cannibal carnivorous cannibalism cannibalistic anthropophagous mensal anthropophagy anthropophagus granivorous flesh-eating graminivorous pantophagous phytivorous anthropophagic

Antonyms

predaceous zoophagous meat-eating flesh-eating

Examples

Many people continue to think of sharks as man-eating beasts. Sharks are enormously powerful and wild creatures, but youre more likely to be killed by your kitchen toaster than a shark! Ted Danson

To hell with the future. It's a man-eating idol. Ivan Illich

I'm a ROLLS-ROYCE! A MAN-EATING ROLLS-ROYCE! Taubie Kushlick

Yeah, right. I know what's really going on: Heather's hired you to kill me, hasn't she?" "Sammy!" "Why else would you catapult me through the air and feed me to a man-eating cot? Wendelin Van Draanen

A man-eating lion was killed by game scouts in Southern Tanzania in April 2004. Source: Internet

American and Tanzanian scientists report that man-eating behaviour in rural areas of Tanzania increased greatly from 1990 to 2005. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Man-chou-li man-consuming man-eater man-eating shark man-eating spider man-faced stinkbug