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Synonyms for cannibalistic


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kan-uh-buh-liz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæn ə bəˌlɪz əm



Définition of cannibalistic

Origin :
  • 1846, from cannibal + -istic. Elder but failing to flourish were cannibalic, cannibalish (both from 1824).
  • adj man-eating
Example sentences :
  • At the cannibalistic comparison, Schomberg muttered a faint, sickly "don't."
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • Do not think them so cannibalistic as report has it, my dears.
  • Extract from : « Polly's Business Venture » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
  • Larry said that he didnt know but it was cannibalistic to eat so many hearts.
  • Extract from : « Betty Lee, Senior » by Harriet Pyne Grove
  • There is first their cannibalistic propensity to be reckoned with.
  • Extract from : « Spiders » by Cecil Warburton
  • Often they were cannibalistic, boiling their victims in huge clay kettles.
  • Extract from : « Lost in the Wilds of Brazil » by James H. Foster
  • The nemerteans are carnivorous, voracious, and often cannibalistic.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
  • Both were victims of the cannibalistic residents of the coast.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Tomorrow » by William B Stephenson, Jr.
  • He gives in detail their slave-making and cannibalistic tendencies.
  • Extract from : « The Century of Columbus » by James J. Walsh
  • Surely no animal could be more uncivilised or cannibalistic in its desires than man!
  • Extract from : « The Human Side of Animals » by Royal Dixon
  • They took back with them many Spaniards and Tlascalans as captives for sacrifice and the cannibalistic feast which followed.
  • Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady

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