adjective

• Filled with something to the point of overflowing.

  ‘a jug brimful of custard’

  More example sentences

  • ‘My heart was brimful of love and joy in him and his folk.’
  • ‘The Prime Minister remains brimful of hope.’
  • ‘Mountbatten was vigorous, young, and brimful of charm.’
  • ‘Its five movements are brimful with colour and imagery and Sutherland directs with empathy for the music.’
  • ‘The outlook for inexperienced graduates in a marketplace brimful of experienced candidates is not good.’

  Synonyms

  brimming, full, filled, filled up, filled to the brim, full to the brim, filled to capacity, overfull, running over

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