consuming
Taking it in
Consuming describes something that dominates attention or energy so completely that little remains for anything else.
A consuming passion or consuming interest absorbs a person fully.
Consuming flames devour everything in their path.
The word emphasizes totality—whatever consumes leaves nothing untouched: Her consuming ambition left no room for relationships.
Extremely hungry, insatiable
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- gluttonousExcessively fond of eating
- wolfishResembling a wild canine
gobbling · gulping · gorging · engulfing · swallowing · predatory · rapacious · omnivorous
Depleting one's stamina
- drainingDepleting one's reserves
- depletingProgressively using up
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- burningCombustion in progress
expending · using up · spending · squandering · wasting · dissipating · eroding · diminishing
Completely holding one's attention
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
- fascinatingExtremely interesting or captivating
- rivetingCompletely holding one's attention
- grippingHolding attention completely
enthralling · mesmerizing · compelling · immersive · spellbinding · hypnotic · arresting · transfixing
Intensely excessive in force
- obsessiveConsumed by fixation
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- dominatingExercising supreme control
- preoccupyingFilling someone's thoughts
overpowering · intense · passionate · burning · fiery · fervent · ardent · zealous
Putting into service
- employingMaking use of
- utilizingPutting to practical use
- exploitingUsing selfishly for benefit
- harnessingControlling to extract benefit
leveraging · applying · tapping · expending · going through · running on
ravenous
Extremely hungry, insatiable
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- insatiableImpossible to satisfy
- gluttonousExcessively fond of eating
wolfish · gobbling · gulping · gorging · engulfing · swallowing · predatory · rapacious · omnivorous · carnivorous
exhausting
Depleting one's stamina
burning · expending · using up · spending · squandering · wasting · dissipating · eroding · diminishing · running through
engrossing
Completely holding one's attention
- captivatingDeeply holding one's attention
- fascinatingExtremely interesting or captivating
- rivetingCompletely holding one's attention
gripping · enthralling · mesmerizing · compelling · immersive · spellbinding · hypnotic · arresting · transfixing · attention-grabbing
overwhelming
Intensely excessive in force
- obsessiveConsumed by fixation
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- dominatingExercising supreme control
preoccupying · overpowering · intense · passionate · burning · fiery · fervent · ardent · zealous · maddening
using
Putting into service
- employingMaking use of
- utilizingPutting to practical use
- exploitingUsing selfishly for benefit
harnessing · leveraging · applying · tapping · expending · going through · running on
- eatingchewing, biting, swallowing, nibbling, munching
- attentionattention, focus, focused, attentiveness, focused attention
- consumptioneating, drinking, ingestion, ingesting, swallowing
- overwhelming verbsflooding, drowning, crushing, smothering, swamping
- depletingusing up, depleting, exhausting, draining, expending
- overwhelmingoverwhelming, overpowering, crushing, engulfing, smothering
consumingmild
Moderate in intensity
trivial · boring · uninteresting · slight · dull
consumingconserving
Protecting from depletion
preserving · saving · generating · creating · producing
- time consumingRequiring extended duration
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