brimming
Full to capacity
Brimming describes something filled to the very edge, ready to overflow.
A cup brimming with coffee has no room for more.
The word extends naturally to abundance of any kind: eyes brimming with tears, a report brimming with good news, brimming with confidence.
The sense is always of fullness pressing against limits.
Liquid flowing over edges
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
- spilloverExcess that escapes
- running overExceeding capacity and spilling
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
surge · outpouring · flood · deluge · welling · gushing · streaming · pouring
Abundantly full of
- burstingBreaking from internal pressure
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
- plentifulExisting in abundance
- bountyReward for capture
profusion · plenty · richness · cornucopia · wealth · harvest · fruitfulness · lushness
Exceeding capacity, spilling out
- filledMade full, occupied
- toppedExceeded or crowned
- fullMaximum extent reached
- cupSmall drinking container
vessel · container · goblet · chalice · basin · pitcher · glass · tankard
Violent pulls apart
- eyesOrgans of sight
- wellingRising to overflow
- weepingShedding tears audibly
- cryingEmotional tear release
misting · glistening · watery · tearful · moved · overcome · emotional · touched
Power to do work
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- lifeAnimate state
- vigorActive physical strength
- zestKeen enjoyment or peel
exuberance · vivacity · animation · effervescence · spirited · vibrant · alive · buzzing
spilling
Liquid flowing over edges
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
- spilloverExcess that escapes
- running overExceeding capacity and spilling
cascade · surge · outpouring · flood · deluge · welling · gushing · streaming · pouring · seeping
teeming
Abundantly full of
- burstingBreaking from internal pressure
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
- plentifulExisting in abundance
bounty · profusion · plenty · richness · cornucopia · wealth · harvest · fruitfulness · lushness · copiousness
overflowing
Exceeding capacity, spilling out
cup · vessel · container · goblet · chalice · basin · pitcher · glass · tankard · meniscus
tears
Violent pulls apart
crying · misting · glistening · watery · tearful · moved · overcome · emotional · touched · stirred
energy
Power to do work
- enthusiasmIntense eager enjoyment
- lifeAnimate state
- vigorActive physical strength
zest · exuberance · vivacity · animation · effervescence · spirited · vibrant · alive · buzzing · pulsing
excitement
State of eager enthusiasm
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
- expectationBelief about future outcomes
- readinessState of being prepared
hope · potential · promise · possibility · imminence · verge · cusp · threshold · about to · on the brink
- abundanceabundance, plenty, profusion, bounty, fullness
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- fullnessfull, empty, half-full, filled, half-empty
- overflowoverflow pipe, overflow drain, overflow tank, overfill, spillover
- quantitiessome, many, few, amount, several