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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