Local English word record

leechlike

adjective · 1 sense

of plants or persons; having the nature or habits of a parasite or leech; living off another

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Examples

  • a wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses
  • parasitic vines that strangle the trees
  • bloodsucking blackmailer
  • his indolent leechlike existence

Word relationships

Synonyms

parasitic, parasitical, bloodsucking

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