man-eating

[ man-ee-ting ]

adjective

1. feeding on or having an appetite for human flesh:

   a man-eating tiger.

man-eating

adjective

1. eating human flesh
2. informal.
   (of a woman) having many lovers

Word History and Origins

Origin of man-eating¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

The media described them as “man-eating” wolves.

From BBC

He’s scheduled to face sentencing for his 34 felony convictions in Manhattan in a little more than two weeks, and Jack Smith, the federal special counsel who still resembles “Coach Beard” from Ted Lasso and is Trump’s personal man-eating shark wrapped in the law and a two-piece suit, has filed a superseding indictment in federal court this week.

From Salon

They’d done just fine on their own so far, and how could things get any worse than a man-eating giant—or a man-eating witch, for that matter?

From Literature

After graduating in 2019 with a degree in musical theater, he was cast as a puppeteer for the man-eating plant Audrey II in a production of “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Pasadena Playhouse.

From Los Angeles Times

The idea of "man-eating plants" has long captured our macabre imaginations.

From Science Daily