bloodsucking meaning and definition

BLOODSUCKING adjective

Definition of bloodsucking (adjective)

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"
   • synonyms: leechlike, parasitic, parasitical