The locals call this river the man-eating river and fear it.
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Man-eating
Synonyms for "man-eating" (19 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (9)
Translations
13 translations across 9 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- φαγάνθρωπος adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
- ἀνθρωποφάγος adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
Finnish
2 entries- ihmisiä syövä adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
- ihmissyöjä adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
German
1 entries- menschenfressend adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
Greek
2 entries- ανθρωποβόρος adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
- ανθρωποφάγος adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
Icelandic
1 entries- mannætu adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
Italian
2 entries- antropofago adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
- cannibale adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
Spanish
1 entries- comehombre adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
Swahili
1 entries- mla-watu adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
Welsh
1 entries- dynfwytaol adj (inclined to eat human flesh)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Have you ever seen a man-eating tiger? No, but I have seen a man eating chicken.
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If you go into the forest, watch out for the man-eating ogres!
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He was always a man of iron nerve, and the story is still told in India how he crawled down a drain after a wounded man-eating tiger.
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