brimmed

Filled to overflowing

Brimmed describes something having a brim—the projecting edge of a hat or the lip of a container.

A wide-brimmed sun hat shades the face; a full-brimmed cup is filled to the edge.

The word also serves as past tense of brim: Her eyes brimmed with tears.

hat

fedora

Soft creased felt hat

floppy · straw-hat · panama · trilby · cloche · banded · ribboned · felt

filled

overflowing

Exceeding capacity, spilling out

packed · bursting · swelling · replete · bulging · crammed · stuffed · saturated · chock-full · welling

emotion

welled

Rose and overflowed

swelling · surging · choking · trembling · quivering · moved · overcome · stirred · touched · bittersweet

Categories
Opposites
fullness/capacity

brimmedempty

Holding nothing inside

emptied · drained · depleted · hollow · unfilled

hat construction

brimmedbrimless

Having no projecting edge

crownless · caplike

Phrases
Family

brimming

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G