bloodsucker

Noun

Meaning

Any animal that sucks blood; esp., the leech (Hirudo medicinalis), and related species.

One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer.

A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

leech hirudinean Dracula harpy barnacle shark mosquito parasite idler ghoul gnat racketeer latchkey bedbug dependent
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Antonyms

hummer tiger beaver herbivore dynamo fireball
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Hypernyms

annelid segmented worm annelid worm

Hyponyms

mosquito horseleech medicinal leech Hirudo medicinalis

Phrases with the word

little bloodsucker winged bloodsucker

Examples

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker. Malcolm X

Francis Ford Coppola cast Gary Oldman as the bloodsucker in his 1992 Bram Stoker's Dracula and the actor gave his performance some nice touches, but fell prey to overacting. Source: Internet

It might feature a skate-boarding, hijab-wearing bloodsucker, but A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is much more than a hipster horror film. Source: Internet

It was from an old penny dreadful called Varney the Vampire or, The Feast of Blood and it showed a skeletal bloodsucker about to bite into a sleeping woman. Source: Internet

Paxton plays the most dangerously unhinged bloodsucker in Kathryn Bigelow’s vampire biker Western. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

bloodstream infection bloodstream infection syndrome bloodstroke bloodsuckery bloodsucking bloodsucking animal