bloodsucking

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
22
Words With Friends
28
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ˈblʌdˌsʌkɪŋ/

Definition of bloodsucking

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
    “Bedbugs win neither praise for their sophisticated technique, nor very much respect for the fact that they don’t carry diseases, as most bloodsucking human ectoparasites do.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
    “Bedbugs win neither praise for their sophisticated technique, nor very much respect for the fact that they don’t carry diseases, as most bloodsucking human ectoparasites do.”
  2. (broadly, not-comparable)parasitic, leechlike or freeloading

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Parasitic, leechlike behavior.
    “Economic blood-sucking of the Indian peoples, who are forced to pay immense sums of money to sustain rich Indian Civil Servants”

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Etymology

From blood + sucking.

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