Antonyms for brimmingbrim·ming

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1. brimming

   Antonyms:
   blank, empty, leisure, unemployed, unfilled, unoccupied, untenanted, vacant, vacuous, void, waste

   Synonyms:
   brimful, brimmed, busy, crammed, crowded, filled, full, gorged, inhabited, jammed, occupied, overflowing, packed, replete

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1. brimful, brimfull, brimmingadjective

   filled to capacity

   "a brimful cup"; "I am brimful of chowder"; "a child brimming over with curiosity"; "eyes brimming with tears"

   Antonyms:
   empty

   Synonyms:
   brimfull, brimful

How to use brimming in a sentence?

1. Ogden Nash:

   To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the loving cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it Whenever you're right, shut up.

2. Rachael Gosnell:

   The Arctic is brimming with economic potential.

3. Marcus Tullius Cicero:

   When you wish to instruct, be brief that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.

4. Suu Kyi:

   I stand here to reaffirm our commitment to continue our reform and to build an investment-friendly environment, please do come to Myanmar, soak in an atmosphere brimming with opportunities and witness our new-found economic vibrancy with your own eyes.

5. Doris Day:

   My public image is unshakably that of America's wholesome virgin, the girl next door, carefree and brimming with happiness. An image, I can assure you, more make-believe than any film part I ever played.

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