Synonyms for brimful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : brim-foo l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɪmˈfʊl


Définition of brimful

Origin :
  • 1520s, from brim (n.) + -ful.
  • adj full
Example sentences :
  • You knew my daughter, so tall and strong, so beautiful, so brimful of life.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Charlie was his name; a bright, intelligent boy, brimful of mischief and fun.
  • Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
  • She was perhaps eighteen or nineteen, and brimful of lusty life.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • His movements, that last gesture, were brimful of energy and of life.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Blood » by Robert Smythe Hichens
  • It is brought out just at the holiday time, and is brimful of good things.
  • Extract from : « Little Prudy » by Sophie May
  • Some men are brimful and running over with harmonies that will live forever.
  • Extract from : « Outdoor Sketching » by Francis Hopkinson Smith
  • He was a devil-may-care 43 Irishman, brimful of the virtues and the vices of his race.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of Raasay » by William MacLeod Raine
  • They were brimful and overflowing with spontaneous hospitality.
  • Extract from : « The Jefferson-Lemen Compact » by Willard C. MacNaul.
  • Both were so brimful of wrath as to be regardless of consequences.
  • Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth
  • And she was so brimful of life, so conscious of vitality running to sheer waste.
  • Extract from : « The Dark Flower » by John Galsworthy

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