consuming
Definition
- Adjective:
- Very intense; absorbing all of one's attention and energy: Describes something that is so powerful or demanding that it dominates thoughts, feelings, or resources.
Usage
- As an adjective: Typically used before a noun to modify it. It describes a noun as being all-encompassing or overwhelming in its intensity.
- Example: Her consuming ambition drove her to work day and night.
- Example: He felt a consuming guilt over the mistake.
Examples
- Adjective:
- Politics is his consuming passion. (Politics is the very intense passion that dominates his interests.)
- The fire was a consuming blaze that destroyed the entire forest. (The fire was an all-encompassing, intense blaze.)
- She was preoccupied with a consuming fear of failure. (She was dominated by a very intense fear.)
Advanced Usage
- "All-consuming": A common variant that emphasizes the total, complete nature of the absorption. It is often hyphenated when used before a noun.
- His work became an all-consuming obsession. (His work became an obsession that took over everything else in his life.)
Variants and Related Words
- Consume (verb): To use up (resources, time, energy) or to eat/drink. Also, to engross or preoccupy someone's mind.
- The project consumed all our resources.
- He was consumed by jealousy.
- Consumer (noun): A person who purchases goods and services for personal use.
- Consumption (noun): The act of using up a resource, or the amount used. Historically, also a term for tuberculosis.
Synonyms
- All-absorbing: Taking up all attention.
- Overwhelming: So strong it overpowers.
- Devouring: Figuratively, eating up all one's energy or attention.
- Obsessive: Dominating one's thoughts.
Antonyms
- Minor: Of little importance or intensity.
- Trivial: Of very little importance.
- Superficial: Not thorough or deep; on the surface.
Adjective
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very intense
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politics is his consuming passion
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overwhelming joy
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