Usually means: Engrossing every aspect of life.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word all-consuming:

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  1. all-consuming: Merriam-Webster
  2. all-consuming: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. all-consuming, all-consuming: Collins English Dictionary
  4. All-Consuming, all-consuming: Wordnik
  5. all-consuming: Wiktionary
  6. all-consuming: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  7. all-consuming: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. all-consuming: Merriam-Webster

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▸ adjective:  That consumes everything; that uses everything up.
▸ adjective:  Totally engrossing, using up all of one's time and energy.

Similar:
all-eating, omnivorous, all-encompassing, all-pervading, engrossing, overall, overarching, spent, consumptive, all around, more...

Opposite:
moderate, balanced, restrained, measured, controlled

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Similar:
all-eating, omnivorous, all-encompassing, all-pervading, engrossing, overall, overarching, spent, consumptive, all around, more...

Opposite:
moderate, balanced, restrained, measured, controlled



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