Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bloodsucking

/ˈblʌdˌsʌkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: blood-suck-ing
IPA: /ˈblʌdˌsʌkɪŋ/

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.

adj

parasitic, leechlike or freeloading

noun

Parasitic, leechlike behavior.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Bedbugs win neither praise for their sophisticated technique, nor very much respect for the fact that they don’t carry diseases, as most bloodsucking human ectoparasites do."
"Economic blood-sucking of the Indian peoples, who are forced to pay immense sums of money to sustain rich Indian Civil Servants"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.? Proto-Germanic *blōþą Proto-West Germanic *blōd Old English blōd Middle English blood English blood English sucking English bloodsucking From blood + sucking.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈblʌdˌsʌkɪŋ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

bloodsuckings (plural)

Derived Forms

nonbloodsucking

Frequently Paired Words

bloodsucker

Synonyms

parasitic parasitical leechlike

Questions

How do you pronounce bloodsucking?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈblʌdˌsʌkɪŋ/.
What does bloodsucking mean?: That draws off the blood of another animal, or a person.
Where does bloodsucking come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der.? Proto-Germanic *blōþą Proto-West Germanic *blōd Old English blōd Middle English blood English blood English sucking English bloodsucking From blood + sucking.

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