- 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)