Consumptive

What do we mean by consumptive?

Consuming or tending to consume. adjective

Of, relating to, or afflicted with consumption. adjective

A person afflicted with consumption. noun

Destructive; wasting; exhausting; having the quality of consuming or dissipating.

In medicine, pertaining to or of the nature of consumption, or phthisis pulmonaris.

Affected with a consuming disease; specifically, having or predisposed to consumption: as, a consumptive person; a consumptive constitution.

Relating to or designed for consumption or destruction; specifically, in recent use, pertaining to or designed for consumption by use: as, a consumptive demand for hops.

One who suffers from consumption, or phthisis. noun

Indicating the presence of consumption: as, a consumptive cough.

One affected with consumption. noun

Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting. adjective

Affected with, or inclined to, consumption. adjective

Having a tendency to consume. adjective

Of, or relating to consumption. adjective

Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis. adjective

A person suffering of pulmonary tuberculosis. noun

Afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis adjective

A person with pulmonary tuberculosis noun

Tending to consume or use often wastefully adjective

A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.

Words that are spelled similarly to consumptive:
consumptive, consumption, consummative, consultive, consumptives.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word consumptive:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe consumptive:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective consumptive:
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Words that sound like consumptive:
consumptive, conceptive, consenting, assumptive, susceptive, sunsetting, summative, sanative, sculpting, scrumping.