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1 ardente
fig ardent* * *ardente agg.1 ( che brucia) burning, scorching; ( infuocato) hot, red hot, blazing: carboni ardenti, burning coals; sole ardente, scorching sun2 (fig.) burning; fervent; ardent; passionate; fiery: amore ardente, passionate love; occhi ardenti, burning eyes; preghiera ardente, fervent prayer; temperamento ardente, fiery temper* * *[ar'dɛnte]1) (infuocato) [brace, tizzone] burning, glowing2) fig. (intenso) [fede, ambizione, desiderio] burning; [ passione] red-hot, consuming; (appassionato) [bacio, discorso] passionate; [ difensore] ardent, vigorous••essere o stare sui carboni -i — to be like a cat on a hot tin roof o on hot bricks
* * *ardente/ar'dεnte/1 (infuocato) [brace, tizzone] burning, glowing2 fig. (intenso) [fede, ambizione, desiderio] burning; [ passione] red-hot, consuming; (appassionato) [bacio, discorso] passionate; [ difensore] ardent, vigorousessere o stare sui carboni -i to be like a cat on a hot tin roof o on hot bricks. -
2 consumatore
1. m consumer2. m commerce end user* * *consumatore s.m.1 (comm.) consumer; ( fruitore) user: consumatore finale, end-consumer (o ultimate consumer); difesa del consumatore, consumer protection; associazione per la tutela del consumatore, consumers' association; cooperativa di produttori e consumatori, producers' and consumers' cooperative; società cooperativa fra i consumatori, consumers' society2 ( avventore) customer◆ agg. consuming; consumer (attr.): paese consumatore di petrolio, oil-consuming country.* * *[konsuma'tore]sostantivo maschile (f. - trice [tritʃe]) consumer* * *consumatore/konsuma'tore/sostantivo m.(f. - trice /trit∫e/) consumer. -
3 divorante
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4 divoratore
1 devourer, great eater* * *[divora'tore] divoratore (-trice)1. agg(passione) consuming, (febbre) burning2. sm/fun divoratore di libri fig — an avid reader, a bookworm
* * *[divora'tore]sostantivo maschile (f. - trice [tritʃe])un divoratore di libri — fig. a voracious o an avid reader
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5 struggente
all-consuming* * *struggente agg. tormenting; longing, yearning: un ricordo struggente, a tormenting memory; un desiderio struggente, a yearning desire; un'espressione struggente, a longing expression.* * *[strud'dʒɛnte]* * *struggente/strud'dʒεnte/[passione, amore] aching; [ nostalgia] acute; [sguardo, parole] melting. -
6 edace
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7 fumivoro
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8 tormentone
tormentone s.m.1 (gergo teatr.) recurring gag2 (estens.) (argomento, canzone riproposti di continuo) subject, story, song that keeps cropping up; never-ending story: quella canzone è il tormentone dell'estate, that song is never off the air this summer4 (fig.fam.) ( passione divorante) overwhelming passion, consuming passion. -
9 divoratore
[divora'tore] divoratore (-trice)1. agg(passione) consuming, (febbre) burning2. sm/fun divoratore di libri fig — an avid reader, a bookworm
См. также в других словарях:
consuming — adj. taking up most of one s attention; ardent; as, politics is his consuming passion. Syn: overwhelming. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
-consuming — [kənsju:mıŋ US su: ] suffix using a lot of something such as time, energy, or space ▪ a time consuming job ▪ energy consuming labour … Dictionary of contemporary English
consuming — index deadly, deleterious, harmful, malignant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
consuming — con|sum|ing [kənˈsju:mıŋ US ˈsu: ] adj [only before noun] a consuming feeling is so strong that you think of little else ▪ a consuming hatred consuming interest/passion (=a strong feeling of interest, or something you are extremely interested in) … Dictionary of contemporary English
consuming — adjective (only before noun) a consuming feeling is so strong that it controls you and often has a bad effect on your life: It was her consuming ambition to become party leader. | consuming passion (=something you are extremely interested in):… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
consuming — [[t]kənsju͟ːmɪŋ, AM su͟ː [/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A consuming passion or interest is more important to you than anything else. → See also , time consuming He has developed a consuming passion for chess … English dictionary
Consuming — Consume Con*sume (k[o^]n*s[=u]m ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Consumed} (k[o^]n*s[=u]md ); p. pr. & vb. n. {Consuming}.] [L. consumere to take wholly or completely, to consume; con + sumere to take; sub + emere to buy. See {Redeem}.] To destroy, as by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
consuming — adjective Date: 1905 deeply felt ; ardent < a consuming interest >; also engrossing … New Collegiate Dictionary
consuming — consumingly, adv. consumingness, n. /keuhn sooh ming/, adj. strongly and urgently felt: a consuming need to be successful. [CONSUME + ING2] * * * … Universalium
consuming — adjective holding the full attention, for example a consuming passion for wiki … Wiktionary
consuming — adj. Consuming is used with these nouns: ↑interest, ↑passion … Collocations dictionary
