😷consumptive

adjective
/kənˈsʌmptɪv/

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

The doctor advised against consumptive habits.

Synonyms

wasteful, extravagant, draining, debilitating

Antonyms

productive, conserving, preserving

Collocations

consumptive habits, consumptive lifestyle, consumptive disease

Related Vocabularies

Forming a pleasing or consistent whole; free from disagreement or dissent.
Worthy of great respect.
Full of or dominated by something unpleasant.
not true; false; incorrect
not likely to happen or be true
artificial, pretentious, or showing an unnatural manner

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