😷consumptive (kɔnˈsʌmptɪv)

adjective
/kənˈsʌmptɪv/
consumptif (consumptif)

Signification

Relating to or characterized by consumption; historically used to describe someone suffering from tuberculosis.
Traduction de la signification
Relatif à la consommation ; historiquement utilisé pour décrire une personne atteinte de tuberculose.
Relatif à la consommation ; historiquement utilisé pour décrire une personne atteinte de tuberculose.

Phrases d'exemple

The doctor advised against consumptive habits.

Le médecin a déconseillé les habitudes consumptives.
Le médecin a déconseillé les habitudes consumptives.

Synonymes

wasteful, extravagant, draining, debilitating

Antonymes

productive, conserving, preserving

Collocations

consumptive habits, consumptive lifestyle, consumptive disease

Vocabulaires connexes

combined or united to form a whole; including all parts or people equally
Still in existence; surviving.
giving a sense of happiness, enjoyment, or satisfaction
relating to the physical world as opposed to the spiritual or heavenly; worldly
belonging to or for the use of one particular person or group
Never done or known before.