BLOODSUCKING

bloodsucking

(adjective) drawing blood from the body of another; “a plague of bloodsucking insects”

parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking

(adjective) of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; “a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses”; “parasitic vines that strangle the trees”; “bloodsucking blackmailer”; “his indolent leechlike existence”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

bloodsucking (not comparable)

(of an insect or animal) That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.

(by extension, of a person) parasitic, leechlike or freeloading

Source: Wiktionary



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