Bloodsucking (Adjective)
Meaning 1
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The wealthy investor was seen as a bloodsucking predator by the small business owners he preyed upon.
- The bloodsucking tabloids made a fortune off of sensationalizing the private lives of celebrities.
- Her family considered her fiancé to be bloodsucking, always asking for loans and never paying them back.
- The bloodsucking lawyer was notorious for charging outrageous fees to his clients.
- The tourists had to beware of the bloodsucking scam artists who preyed on unsuspecting visitors to the city.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Drawing blood from the body of another; "a plague of bloodsucking insects".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The leeches were notorious bloodsucking parasites that attached themselves to the skin of unsuspecting swimmers.
- The doctor carefully inserted the needle to avoid being a bloodsucking instrument of pain for her nervous patient.
- Mosquitoes are bloodsucking insects that can transmit diseases like malaria and dengue fever to humans.
- The vampire bat is a bloodsucking mammal that feeds on the blood of livestock and sometimes even humans.
- Ticks are bloodsucking arachnids that can cause serious diseases in humans and animals if left untreated.