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Advertisement Elsa Lanchester and Boris Karloff in Bride of Frankenstein Getty Images
But today, the female Frankenstein is better associated with the vampy, playful wives of pop culture that partly took note from Elsa Lanchester’s performance, like Morticia Addams or Lily Munster.
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Rory Doherty, Time, 7 Mar. 2026
Hudson turned up the volume in a vampy red gown and Infinity stunned in a striking oxblood mermaid look from Louis Vuitton.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2026
Those clawlike acrylics of last season gave way to an entire vampy, gothy, witchy, femme fatale through-line on the runways.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
Released earlier this spring, the vampy film also stars actresses Hailee Steinfeld (Mary), Jayme Lawson (Pearline) and Wunmi Mosaku (Annie).
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
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Rory Doherty, Time, 7 Mar. 2026
Hudson turned up the volume in a vampy red gown and Infinity stunned in a striking oxblood mermaid look from Louis Vuitton.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2026
Those clawlike acrylics of last season gave way to an entire vampy, gothy, witchy, femme fatale through-line on the runways.
—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 17 Feb. 2026
Released earlier this spring, the vampy film also stars actresses Hailee Steinfeld (Mary), Jayme Lawson (Pearline) and Wunmi Mosaku (Annie).
—Pamela Avila, USA Today, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vampy
Adjective
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This is a seductive idea, which Bolloré and Bonnassies spend a painstaking 500 pages trying to support.—
Elizabeth Bruenig,
The Atlantic,
26 Mar. 2026
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That's really possible, to be, really shiny and seductive in that.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Winnie Cheung, United States, 2025 A motorcycle rebel spirals deeper into her erotic hallucinations in order to escape the grip of a sultry serpent woman.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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Winnie Cheung, United States, 2025 A motorcycle rebel spirals deeper into her erotic hallucinations in order to escape the grip of a sultry serpent woman.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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What was once two city blocks of dingy industrial warehouses is now an alluring complex of stores, cafes, artist studios and event space meant to attract Fort Lauderdale’s burgeoning population of young professionals and South Floridians willing to drive from Miami and West Palm Beach.—
Amanda Rosa,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2026
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What was once two city blocks of dingy industrial warehouses is now an alluring complex of stores, cafes, artist studios and event space meant to attract Fort Lauderdale’s burgeoning population of young professionals and South Floridians willing to drive from Miami and West Palm Beach.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Vampy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vampy. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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