How do you pronounce consumptive?

consumptive is pronounced as /kənˈsʌmptɪv/.

😷consumptive

adjective

/kənˈsʌmptɪv/

Relating to or characterized by consumption; historically used to describe someone suffering from tuberculosis.

The doctor advised against consumptive habits.

wasteful, extravagant, draining, debilitating

productive, conserving, preserving

consumptive habits, consumptive lifestyle, consumptive disease

contrary to the usual course of nature; artificial or abnormal

showing no expression or containing nothing written, printed, or recorded.

having or showing a confident and forceful personality

having already been used

Able to be predicted or expected in advance

relating to the science or practice of medicine