leechlike

• Adjectif décrivant une personne ou une chose qui s'accroche à autrui de manière insistante et souvent intéressée, à la manière d'une sangsue, pour en tirer un bénéfice personnel ou subsister.

An obsolete adjective describing someone or something that behaves like a leech, i.e., clinging to others for personal gain or sustenance.

1. Parasitic or exploitativeC1informal

   Describing a person or thing that clings to others and drains their resources, like a leech.

   qui s'accroche comme une sangsue

   • His leechlike behavior made him unpopular among friends.
   • She had a leechlike dependency on her wealthy relatives.
   • The company's leechlike practices drained the local economy.

   Synonymesbloodsuckingexploitativeparasiticparasiticalpredatoryrapacious

   Antonymesautonomousgivingindependentself-reliantself-sufficient

2. Clinging or persistentC1informal

   Describing something that adheres closely or is difficult to remove.

   Adhérent et persistant

   • The leechlike vines covered the entire wall.
   • He had a leechlike grip on the railing.
   • The leechlike fog clung to the valley all morning.

   Synonymesadhesiveimportunatepersistentstickytenacious

   Antonymesdetachedindependent