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brimful

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brim·ful  (brmfl)
adj.
Full to overflowing.

brimful, brimfull [ˌbrɪmˈfʊl]
adj
(postpositive, foll by of) filled up to the brim (with)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.brimful - filled to capacity; "a brimful cup"; "I am brimful of chowder"; "a child brimming over with curiosity"; "eyes brimming with tears"
full - containing as much or as many as is possible or normal; "a full glass"; "a sky full of stars"; "a full life"; "the auditorium was full to overflowing"

brimful
adjective full, filled, packed, running over, brimming, overflowing, flush, overfull The country is brimful with highly paid doctors.
Translations
brimful [ˈbrɪmˈfʊl] ADJlleno hasta el borde
brimful of or with confidencelleno or rebosante de confianza
brimful [ˌbrɪmˈfʊl] adj
[container] → plein(e) à ras bord
[person, place] to be brimful of sth → être débordant(e) de qch
a letter brimful of slangy expressions → une lettre pleine d'expressions argotiques
brimful
adj (lit)randvoll; (fig)voll (of, with von); he is brimful of energyer sprüht vor Energie; she is brimful of healthsie strotzt vor Gesundheit
brimful [ˈbrɪmˈfʊl] adj brimful (of)pieno/a fino all'orlo (di), traboccante (di) (fig) (confidence, enthusiasm) → pieno/a (di)
brimful of happiness → traboccante di felicità


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In Natasha Prince Andrew was conscious of a strange world completely alien to him and brimful of joys unknown to him, a different world, that in the Otradnoe avenue and at the window that moonlight night had already begun to disconcert him.
The stream is brimful now, and lies high in this little withy plantation, and half drowns the grassy fringe of the croft in front of the house.
Tom he was so brimful of it he couldn't eat nor rest.
 
 
 
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