"energy vampire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: energy vampires [plural]
Etymology: From energy + vampire. Etymology templates: {{com|en|energy|vampire}} energy + vampire Head templates: {{en-noun}} energy vampire (plural energy vampires)
  1. (informal) A device or appliance that uses electricity even while switched off. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Electricity, Energy, Technology
    Sense id: en-energy_vampire-en-noun-DK-Geh9c Disambiguation of Electricity: 85 15 Disambiguation of Energy: 100 0 Disambiguation of Technology: 100 0
  2. (informal, derogatory) A person who is emotionally draining. Tags: derogatory, informal Categories (topical): Human behaviour, People Synonyms: psychic vampire Related terms: time vampire Translations (person who is emotionally draining): energian imijä (Finnish), energiavampyyri (Finnish), wampir energetyczny [masculine] (Polish), энергетический вампир (energetičeskij vampir) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-energy_vampire-en-noun-mVoBZHEz Disambiguation of Human behaviour: 8 92 Disambiguation of People: 1 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of 'person who is emotionally draining': 2 98

Inflected forms

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