'Consuming' definitions:
Definition of 'consuming'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy" [syn: consuming, overwhelming]
Definition of 'Consuming'
From: GCIDE
- Consume \Con*sume"\ (k[o^]n*s[=u]m"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consumed (k[o^]n*s[=u]md"); p. pr. & vb. n. Consuming.] [L. consumere to take wholly or completely, to consume; con- + sumere to take; sub + emere to buy. See Redeem.] To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour. [1913 Webster]
- If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. --Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver.). [1913 Webster]
- Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. --Ex. xxxii. 10.
- Syn: To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust; spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'consuming'
From: GCIDE
- consuming \consuming\ adj. taking up most of one's attention; ardent; as, politics is his consuming passion.
- Syn: overwhelming. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'consuming'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorbing,
- agonizing,
- arresting,
- attractive,
- baneful,
- calamitous,
- cataclysmal,
- cataclysmic,
- catastrophic,
- consumptive,
- deadly,
- demolishing,
- demolitionary,
- depredatory,
- desolating,
- destroying,
- destructive,
- devastating,
- disastrous,
- doomful,
- enchanting,
- engaging,
- engrossing,
- enthralling,
- excruciating,
- fascinating,
- fatal,
- fateful,
- fratricidal,
- gripping,
- harrowing,
- heartbreaking,
- heartrending,
- heartsickening,
- heartwounding,
- holding,
- hypnotic,
- internecine,
- magnetic,
- mesmeric,
- mesmerizing,
- monopolize,
- nihilist,
- nihilistic,
- obsessing,
- obsessive,
- racking,
- ravaging,
- rending,
- ruining,
- ruinous,
- self-destructive,
- spellbinding,
- subversionary,
- subversive,
- suicidal,
- tormenting,
- torturous,
- vandalic,
- vandalish,
- vandalistic,
- wasteful,
- wasting,
- withering
Words containing 'Consuming'
- Consumable,
- Consume,
- Consumed,
- Consumedly,
- Consumer,
- Consumingly,
- Consumer's goods,
- Consumer's surplus,
- consumer credit,
- consumer durables,
- consumer goods,
- consumer loan,
- consumer research,
- consumer's rent,
- spark consumer,
- Self-consuming,
- consumer finance company,
- consumer price index,
- time-consuming