leechlike
- adjective
- /ˈliːtʃlaɪk/
- Offensive
:
parásito
- She found his leechlike attitude exhausting as he relied on her for support.
Examples
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I was obliged to resign myself to his leechlike friendship.
Fiction book (1993) -
The words stuck in his mind, leechlike, and a hollow feeling came to his stomach.
Fiction book (1998) -
His leechlike behavior made it hard for anyone to trust him.
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I no longer wanted to deal with his leechlike personality that drained my energy.
Synonyms
43
6.1
Trying to take advantage of people to get money or power
11
6.6
A person or thing that lives by taking from others without giving anything back
3
7.3
Using people or situations unfairly to get personal benefit
1
8.4
Living by taking from others without giving anything back
1
7.4
Feeding on other animals by sucking their blood
1
8.3
Asking people for money and help without giving anything back
1
8.4
Taking energy or money from people in a harmful way
To treat people unfairly to get money or other benefits
Antonyms
How Parasitic
- Offensive
11
6.6
- Offensive
17
7.2
- Informal
27
4.8
182
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word leechlike comes from the animal leech, a small worm that sticks to people or animals and drinks their blood, and the ending -like, which means 'similar to'. So leechlike describes someone or something that clings to others and takes from them, like a parasite.