SCROUNGING Synonyms

• a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

• a vagrant

• person who does no work

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• of very poor quality; flimsy

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• be lazy or idle

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling

• live off somebody's generosity

• carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

• draw blood

• someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• To live on or in a host organism as a parasite

• make off with belongings of others

• To collect and remove refuse, or to search through refuse, carrion, or abandoned items for useful material

• To remove unwanted material from something, especially to purify molten metal by removing impurities

• To expel the exhaust gases from the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, and draw in air for the next cycle

• To feed on carrion or refuse

• The act of searching through refuse for useful material.

• That eats carrion

• To take advantage of the kindness of others.

• To get by imposition; to scrounge.

• To deprive (somebody) of something by imposition.

• To clean, soak up, or dab with a sponge.

• To suck in, or imbibe, like a sponge.

• To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.

• To be converted, as dough, into a light, spongy mass by the agency of yeast or leaven.

• The application of a sponge.

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling

• carnivorous or bloodsucking aquatic or terrestrial worms typically having a sucker at each end

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

• draw blood

• a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used

• someone able to acquire new knowledge and skills rapidly and easily

• a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage

• primitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies

• wipe with a sponge, so as to clean or moisten

• ask for and get free; be a parasite

• erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard

• soak up with a sponge

• gather sponges, in the ocean

• influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering