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sangsue — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bleeder noun Someone who bleeds heavily or easily, especially a person with a blood-clotting disorder.
  • bloodsucker noun A creature, such as a leech or mosquito, that feeds by sucking blood.
  • incubus noun In medieval European folklore, a male demon believed to settle on people as they sleep and cause nightmares.
  • leech noun A blood-sucking worm that lives in water, sometimes used medicinally.

Senses

sangsue is used for these senses in English:

  • bleeder Anything that saps a resource produced by something else.
  • bloodsucker (figurative, derogatory) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
  • incubus (by extension) Any oppressive thing or person; a burden.
  • leech An aquatic blood-sucking annelid of subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
  • leech (figuratively) A person who derives advantage from others in a parasitic fashion.

bleeder — full definition

  1. noun Someone who bleeds heavily or easily, especially a person with a blood-clotting disorder.
  2. noun A small valve used to release trapped air or excess pressure from a system.

bloodsucker — full definition

  1. noun A creature, such as a leech or mosquito, that feeds by sucking blood.
  2. noun (informal) A person who exploits or drains others for personal gain.

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