 bloodsucking |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] drawing blood from the body of another | |
| Examples: | "a plague of bloodsucking insects" |
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| Related terms: | bloody | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another | |
| Synonyms: | parasitical leechlike parasitic | |
| Examples: | "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses" "parasitic vines strangle the trees" "bloodsucking blackmailer" "his indolent leechlike existence" |
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| Related terms: | dependent | |
| Similar spelling: |
bloodsucker bloodstock bloodstain bloodcurdling blood_clotting bloodstained |
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