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

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

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