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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. drawing blood from the body of another;
- Example: "a plague of bloodsucking insects"

2. of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another;
- Example: "a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses"
- Example: "parasitic vines that strangle the trees"
- Example: "bloodsucking blackmailer"
- Example: "his indolent leechlike existence"
[syn: parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bloodsucking adj 1: drawing blood from the body of another; "a plague of bloodsucking insects" 2: 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]