bloodsucking
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- adjective
- /ˈblʌdˌsʌkɪŋ/
- Offensive
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hematófago
- "If there was ever any doubt, this may prove he's a bloodsucking vampire," Kate muttered.
Examples
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I believe you feed your spite on him... ...with no more sense than a nasty, bloodsucking louse.
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You are my family and I love you, but really, with the exception of Mom, you're all a bunch of bloodsucking vampires who never support anything I do.
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I'm trying to save a few bucks on the lights for the bloodsucking lawyers.
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We are just getting by, and you're taking him from his work... like some bloodsucking little leech!
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He's a bloodsucking fiend from beyond the grave.
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I don't know, she probably belongs to one of those bloodsucking cults or whatever they are, but believe me, she is not a vampire.
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You're a conniving, clinging, bloodsucking bitch!
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She's a bloodsucking, inhuman creature of the night... spawned from Satan's seed.
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That this bloodsucking, barbaric pagan hangover still exists among a people known for their medical prowess in the 21st century, with all we know about germs and disease, is beyond shocking.
Blog text (31) -
"This insect is a bloodsucking parasite that bites people at night while they are sleeping."
Synonyms
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A person or thing that lives by taking from others without giving anything back
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Living by taking from others without giving anything back
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Taking energy or money from people in a harmful way
Being someone who takes money or help from others without giving anything back
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bloodsucking is made of the common words blood and suck, so it literally means 'to suck blood' like a mosquito or a leech. That's why we call animals that feed this way bloodsucking, and use the word as an image for people who take from others without giving anything back.