Consumptive
Consumptive adjective - Tending to consume or use often wastefully.
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Synonyms for Consumptive
Dead and consumptive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dead" instead an adjective "Consumptive".
Nearby Words: consumption, consuming
Dead
Dead adjective - No longer living.
Consumptive and dead are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Consumptive" instead an adjective "Dead".
Nearby Word: deadly
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- Aslan Battour in the backstory arc of Kaze to Ki no Uta (in the main timeline he's already dead) seems to be a deliberate male version of the werstern "consumptive heroine" archetype; a young, pretty 19th century French aristocrat suffering from tuberculosis.
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Dead and Consumptive. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/consumptive/dead
Consumptive & Dead. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/consumptive/dead>.
Dead or Consumptive. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/consumptive/dead.
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