English dictionary
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English adjective: consumptive | |||
| 1. | consumptive tending to consume or use often wastefully | ||
| Samples | Water suitable for beneficial consumptive uses. Duties consumptive of time and energy. Consumptive fires. | ||
| Similar | exploitative, exploitatory, exploitive | ||
| Antonyms | generative, productive | ||
| 2. | consumptive afflicted with or associated with pulmonary tuberculosis | ||
| Samples | A consumptive patient. A consumptive cough. | ||
| Similar | ill, sick | ||
| Antonyms | well | ||
English noun: consumptive | |||
| 1. | consumptive (person) a person with pulmonary tuberculosis | ||
| Synonyms | lunger, tubercular | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | diseased person, sick person, sufferer | ||
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