self-consuming

Adjective

Meaning

Consuming one's self or itself.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

self consuming

Synonyms

self-destructive

Examples

Love's but the frailty of the mind, When 'tis not with ambition joined A sickly flame, which, if not fed, expires, And feeding, wastes in self-consuming fires. William Congreve

Close letter words and terms

self-consolation self-constituted self-construction self-consumption self-contain self-contained