Synonyms for consumptive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : kuh n-suhmp-tiv
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈsʌmp tɪv


Définition of consumptive

Origin :
  • early 15c., "wasteful," also with reference to pulmonary consumption, from Latin consumpt-, stem of consumere (see consume) + -ive. As a noun, attested from late 14c.
  • adj destructive
Example sentences :
  • Farther on, too, there was a girl so thin and pale that she must surely be a consumptive.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • You assure me at all events that this young person is not consumptive?
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • A deaf person had heard, a mute had spoken, a consumptive had revived!
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • His mother was consumptive, and they're afraid he takes after her.
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • Those who can relish sour buttermilk, will find it still more light, and it is reckoned very beneficial in consumptive cases.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • That beautiful young man looks like a consumptive in his last stage.
  • Extract from : « The Buddha » by Paul Carus
  • Why should a consumptive hold a cloth before his face when coughing?
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson
  • I think we care too highly for the cancerous and the consumptive.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • But the Tom Jones is there in all of us who are not anæmic or consumptive.
  • Extract from : « They and I » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • Another lad, a consumptive was sentenced the same day for two years.
  • Extract from : « The Hindered Hand » by Sutton E. Griggs

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