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consumingness

consumingness noun: the quality or characteristic of being consuming.

Noun

consumingness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or characteristic of being consuming.
    • The power of that agony to transfix a victim is what Luban eloquently delineates. […] Kreimer too has given vivid expression to the consumingness of severe pain.2014, Matthew H. Kramer, Torture and Moral Integrity: A Philosophical Enquiry, page 166

Origin of consumingness

From consuming + -ness.

Questions about consumingness

What does consumingness mean?
Consumingness means the quality or characteristic of being consuming.
What part of speech is consumingness?
Consumingness is a noun.

Words near consumingness in the dictionary

  1. consumes
  2. consumest
  3. consumeth
  4. consuming
  5. consumingly
  6. consumingness
  7. consumings
  8. consummate
  9. consummate marriage
  10. consummate marriages
  11. consummated

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