consumptive

Meaning of consumptive

noun

A person suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis.

adjective
  1. Having a tendency to consume; dissipating; destructive; wasteful.
  2. Of, or relating to consumption.
  3. Relating to pulmonary tuberculosis.
    consumptive cough

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Hyphenation of consumptive

con-sump-tive

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • consumptive is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

consumptive synonyms

Meaning lunger:

lunger, tubercular

Translation of consumptive

Words that rhyme with consumptive

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