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Meanings of man-eater in English
Large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans.
Portuguese
canibal Catalan
antropòfag Russian
животные-людоеды Spanish
devorador de hombres A woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive.
Synonyms
Examples for "siren"
Examples for "siren"
1
A siren clangs from Batsuren's iPhone: A new order has come in.
2
Not five minutes ago, Dan Gurley went by, with his siren on.
3
She has lived here 18 years and never before heard the siren.
4
See the moment the siren sounds in the 1971 WAFL Grand Final.
5
In the distance, he could hear the faint moan of a siren.
1
Seductive, yes; but nothing of Delilah in her or in that music.
2
Helena didn't look young enough to carry an offbeat name like Delilah.
3
The second woman who had come to occupy Bette's attention was Delilah.
4
See more pictures of Delilah, and hear more about Mayer's process, below.
5
The rulers of the Philistines came to Delilah and said to her:
1
And the enchantress's cheek had twitched nervously when Miralissa mentioned the Order.
2
It is where the half enchantress Kostbera warns Hogni against leaving her:
3
So long as the enchantress was speaking, the spell was wholly impotent.
4
The town of Circeii, which Macaulay associates here with Circe, the enchantress.
5
Bring me my coven sister Sysselore, who was Syrcé the enchantress .
1
The temptress drew back a little, seated herself; yielded to troublous thought.
2
The sweet auburn temptress ran up and flung her arms about him.
3
SO, EVEN with all the cosmetic surgery she remains a fickle temptress.
4
I will NOT go was my answer to the sweet temptress.
5
He was ready to kill the temptress as he would a beautiful viper.
1
The primary image is the femme fatale, the woman fatal to man.
2
Perhaps you think it is amusing, to play the femme fatale in truth.
3
The cool beauty of the femme fatale is another transformation of chthonian ugliness.
4
The femme fatale was produced by the mystique of connection between mother and child.
5
Working girl, femme fatale, lady with a past.
Usage of man-eater in English
1
And thus the man-eater was shut in with the three sleeping men.
2
The man-eater lurked in a wood that was hard by the sheep-run.
3
Shall I wander to the west, the fierce Mohawk,-theman-eater,-ismy foe.
4
Left her family and friends behind, to worship the glittering man-eater called Manhattan.
5
Cautiously the youth crept out upon the trail of the man-eater.
6
The aboriginal man-eater, or pocket-cannibal, is susceptible of the refining influences of Civilization.
7
Like other crocodiles, the gavial has often been accused of being a man-eater.
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The M'Cord bungalow is a book of man-eater tales-withleather leaves.
9
Also it was true the beast, though full grown, was not a man-eater.
10
A man-eater, brilliant and bitter, the size of a small elephant.
11
A very large lizard is also said to be a man-eater.
12
A man-eater, to quote those fops of pop Hall and Oates.
13
Because she's a man-eater and has the ego of Marie Antoinette?
14
A known man-eater refusing to eat a man who wishes to be eaten?
15
What made Nick choose the haunts of a man-eater for his Christmas party?
16
Why don't you be a bit smarter, you damned frizzy-haired man-eater?
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Translations for man-eater
Portuguese
Catalan
Russian
Man-eater through the time
Man-eater across language varieties
United Kingdom
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