consuming

Definitions

The act of using up a resource, such as fuel, energy, or food.

Having an intense or overwhelming effect on someone's thoughts or emotions.

The process of purchasing or utilizing goods and services.

Examples

The project was so consuming that she often forgot to eat lunch.

He spent the entire weekend consuming classic literature in his favorite armchair.

Synonyms

devouring absorbing engrossing depleting exhausting spending using

Antonyms

creating producing preserving saving replenishing bored uninterested