consuming

5.4

So strong that it takes all your attention and energy

adjective
/kənˈsuːmɪŋ/

: absorbente

But mundane process, expensive, time consuming, etcetera, etcetera.

So it is an all consuming thing, but I'm always home for dinner.

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Examples

I mean, it's a very all consuming profession.
So it is an all consuming thing, but I'm always home for dinner.

Lex Fridman
And it's a, it's an all consuming thing, right?
And it's all consuming and it should be and it's what you do.
Anxiety is consuming me and I'm so scared.
It is an all consuming kind of event.
It's time consuming, it's money consuming, and it's distressing.
CONSUMING

Fiction book (1991)
In making the case for understanding consumerism from a Darwinian perspective, Saad addresses several key tenets from his books The Consuming Instinct and The Evolutionary Bases of Consumption.

Academic text (2013)
Her all-consuming passion for music kept her awake at night, as she practiced relentlessly.

Synonyms

overwhelming

vsconsuming

423 4.4

Very strong in amount or feeling that is hard to deal with

absorbs all attention and energy rather than just overpowering force

insatiable

vsconsuming

39 7.5

Always wanting more and never feeling satisfied

fills all attention and energy rather than just lacking satisfaction

voracious

vsconsuming

19 7.5

Having a very large hunger for food or learning

focuses attention and energy completely rather than simply wanting many things

devouring

vsconsuming

6.7

Wanting something very strongly

takes up all attention and energy rather than urging action

Antonyms

indifference

71 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

detachment

21 6.1

A lack of emotional involvement with people or situations

How Absorbing

consuming

5.4

engrossed

1 4.5

absorbed

3.6

interested

∞ 1.0

curious

675 1.3

Surface Forms

consuming positive

Morphology

consuming = consume (transparent) = consume + ing

Standard adjectival/participial formation from the verb 'consume'; the meaning 'engrossing, all-consuming' follows directly from the verb.

Etymology

The word consuming comes from Latin parts com- ('completely') and sumere ('to take'), so it originally meant 'to take up completely'. Think of a fire that consumes wood: a 'consuming' feeling takes all your attention or energy, just like the fire uses up the wood.