'bloodsucking' definitions:
Definition of 'bloodsucking'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Drawing blood from the body of another; "a plague of bloodsucking insects"
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" [syn: parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking]
Definition of 'bloodsucking'
From: GCIDE
- bloodsucking \bloodsucking\ adj.
- 1. drawing blood from the body of another; as, a plague of bloodsucking insects. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another; -- of plants or persons; as, a bloodsucking blackmailer; bloodsucking lawyers.
- Syn: parasitic, parasitical, leechlike. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]