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con·sum·ing
(kən-so͞o′mĭng)adj.
Ardent or deeply felt: a consuming interest; consuming passion.
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con•sum•ing
(kənˈsu mɪŋ)adj.
strongly and urgently felt: a consuming need.
con•sum′ing•ly, adv.
[1820–25]
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| Adj. | 1. | consuming - very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy" intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense" |
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consuming
adjective overwhelming, gripping, absorbing, compelling, devouring, engrossing, immoderate He has developed a consuming passion for chess.
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consuming
adjectiveCatching and holding the full attention:
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consuming
adj ambition, interest → glühend, brennend; desire, passion also → verzehrend (geh)
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