consuming

adj 1noun 1

Definitions

adj

Holding one's attention or interest.

a consuming passion

noun

consumption; the process by which something is consumed

[…] in Greek philosophy world cycles and world incinerations were immanent processes of nature, the self-consumings of the cosmic process, which have their corresponding self-restorations.

Collocations

ADJ.

certain, enough, essential, excess, farinaceous

VERB + CONSUMING

buying, committed, fear, games, go, power, refraining, thinks

CONSUMING + NOUN

alcohol, amounts, calories, candy, cannabis, figs, foods, layla's

PREP.

after, from, in, on, than

ADV.

rather

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — very strong

overwhelming

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

a consuming passion

Wiktionary

[…] in Greek philosophy world cycles and world incinerations were immanent processes of nature, the self-consumings of the cosmic process, which have their corresponding self-restorations.

Wiktionary

Role-playing video games are time consuming.

Tatoeba · #29390

I want my life to amount to more than just consuming products and generating garbage.

Tatoeba · #623307

A sumo wrestler thinks nothing of consuming 20,000 calories a day.

Tatoeba · #1218675

A great love is a credit opened in favor of a power so consuming that the moment of bankruptcy must inevitably occur.

Tatoeba · #3075836

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