a long consumptive war
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Consumptive
//kənˈsʌmptɪv//
Synonyms for "consumptive" (112 found)
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5 entrieshas context
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3 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- изтощителен adj (having a tendency to consume)
- туберкулозен adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
- туберкулозен noun (person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
Catalan
4 entries- consumidor adj (of or relating to consumption)
- consumptiu adj (having a tendency to consume)
- tísic adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
- tísic noun (person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
Dutch
2 entries- tuberculeus adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
- teringlijder noun (person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
Finnish
4 entries- kuluttava adj (having a tendency to consume)
- kulutus adj (of or relating to consumption)
- tuberkuloottinen adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
- tuberkuloosipotilas noun (person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
French
4 entries- tuberculeuse adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
- tuberculeux adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
- tuberculeuse noun (person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
- tuberculeux noun (person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
German
1 entries- schwindsüchtig adj (of or relating to consumption)
Hungarian
3 entries- hektikás noun (person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
- tüdőbajos noun (person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
- tüdővészes noun (person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
Ido
2 entries- tuberklosika adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
- tuberklosiko adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
Polish
4 entries- niszczący adj (having a tendency to consume)
- rujnujący adj (having a tendency to consume)
- suchotniczy adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
- żywieniowy adj (of or relating to consumption)
Portuguese
4 entries- consumidor adj (having a tendency to consume)
- consumidor adj (of or relating to consumption)
- consuntivo adj (having a tendency to consume)
- tuberculoso adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
Romanian
2 entries- tuberculoasă noun (person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
- tuberculos noun (person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
Spanish
3 entries- consumidor adj (of or relating to consumption)
- tísico adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
- tísico noun (person with pulmonary tuberculosis)
Turkish
1 entries- veremli adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
Ukrainian
3 entries- виснажливий adj (having a tendency to consume)
- руйнівний adj (having a tendency to consume)
- сухотний adj (relating to pulmonary tuberculosis)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
[O]n ſome occaſions, he diſplayed all his fund of good humour, vvith a vievv to beguile her ſorrovv; he importuned her to give him the pleasure of ’ſquiring her to ſome place of innocent entertainment; and, finally, inſiſted upon her accepting a pecuniary reinforcement to her finances, vvhich he knevv to be in a moſt conſumptive condition.
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consumptive cough
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The lean, conſumptive, wench, with coughs decay'd, / Is call'd a pretty, tight, and ſlender maid.
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