vampirism
Drinking others' blood
Vampirism is the practice or condition of being a vampire—surviving by drinking blood.
The word covers both the mythological phenomenon and, in clinical contexts, a rare delusion or fetish involving blood consumption.
Figuratively, vampirism describes any parasitic draining of another's resources or vitality: corporate vampirism, emotional vampirism.
Pungent culinary bulb
- crucifixCross with Christ figure
- stakeSharpened post or share
- sunlightRadiance from our star
- invitationRequest to attend
reflection · silver · coffin · bat · shapeshifting · undead · bloodsucker · superstition
Fortified medieval residence
- coffinBurial container for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
- paleLacking color intensity
victorian · macabre · eerie · haunting · gloomy · fog · candlelight · cobweb
Desire to kill
- fangsSharp piercing teeth
- feedingGiving food to
- huntingPursuing wild game
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
prey · thrall · bite · neck · jugular · puncture · draining · victim
Lasting without end
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
- undyingLasting without end
- deathlessExempt from mortality
- centuriesHundred-year periods
ancient · timeless · everlasting · regeneration · invulnerability · transformation · curse · damnation
Heme pathway enzyme disorder
- anemiaRed cell deficiency
- photosensitivityReactivity to radiant energy
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
- transfusionTransfer of blood intravenously
Flat cutting edge
- twilightLight after sunset
- underworldRealm of the departed
- angelDivine winged messenger
- spikeSharp rise or point
garlic
Pungent culinary bulb
invitation · reflection · silver · coffin · bat · shapeshifting · undead · bloodsucker · superstition · threshold
castle
Fortified medieval residence
- coffinBurial container for remains
- cryptSubterranean burial vault
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
pale · victorian · macabre · eerie · haunting · gloomy · fog · candlelight · cobweb · sepulchral
bloodlust
Desire to kill
stalking · prey · thrall · bite · neck · jugular · puncture · draining · victim · ambush
eternal
Lasting without end
centuries · ancient · timeless · everlasting · regeneration · invulnerability · transformation · curse · damnation · soulless
porphyria
Heme pathway enzyme disorder
- anemiaRed cell deficiency
- photosensitivityReactivity to radiant energy
- bloodlettingTherapeutic withdrawal of fluid
blade
Flat cutting edge
- twilightLight after sunset
- underworldRealm of the departed
- angelDivine winged messenger
- Vampiresfangs, coffin, undead, bloodsucker, Dracula
- magical effectsinvisibility, teleportation, levitation, enchantment, hex
- supernatural statesenchanted, bewitched, hexed, cursed, possessed
- immortalityimmortality, eternal life, immortals, everlasting life, deathlessness
- medical fictionmedical drama, medical mystery, diagnosis, symptoms, cure
- superpowerstelekinesis, telepathy, superpower, invisibility, force powers
vampirismlycanthropy
Mythical wolf-becoming affliction
zombification · werewolfism · ghostliness · sainthood · demonic possession
vampirismvitality
Capacity for spirited existence
living · mortality · natural life · life force · vigor
vampirismnurturing
Supportive care-giving
giving · altruism · blood donation · self-sacrifice · generosity