bloodsucking - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online

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Adjective bloodsucking has 2 senses

bloodsucking - drawing blood from the body of another; "a plague of bloodsucking insects"
Antonym: bloodless (indirect, via bloody)
parasitic, parasitical, leechlike, bloodsucking - 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"
Antonym: independent (indirect, via dependent)