consuming
adjective
[ kənˈsjuːmɪŋ ]
• (of a feeling) completely filling one's mind and attention; absorbing.
• "a consuming passion"
consume
verb
• eat, drink, or ingest (food or drink).
• "people consume a good deal of sugar in drinks"
Similar:
eat,
eat up,
devour,
ingest,
swallow,
gobble,
gobble up,
wolf down,
gorge oneself on,
feast on,
munch,
snack on,
drink,
drink up,
guzzle,
gulp (down),
swill,
imbibe,
take,
sup,
sip,
lap,
tuck into,
scoff (down),
put away,
stuff down,
polish off,
dispose of,
cram in,
stuff one's face with,
pig oneself on,
graze on,
down,
neck,
sink,
kill,
gollop,
shift,
get one's laughing gear round,
gorb,
scarf (down/up),
snarf (down/up),
manducate,
ingurgitate,
• buy (goods or services).
• "accounting provides measures of the economic goods and services consumed"
• (of a feeling) completely fill the mind of (someone).
• "Carolyn was consumed with guilt"
Similar:
absorb,
preoccupy,
engross,
eat up,
devour,
obsess,
grip,
overwhelm,
monopolize,
enthral,
dominate,
absorbing,
compelling,
preoccupying,
engrossing,
all-consuming,
compulsive,
besetting,
devouring,
obsessive,
gripping,
overwhelming,
enthralling,
dominating,
intense,
ardent,
strong,
powerful,
burning,
raging,
fervid,
profound,
deep-seated,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin consumere, from con- ‘altogether’ + sumere ‘take up’; reinforced by French consumer .
