overfull

[ oh-ver-fool ]

adjective

1. excessively full:

   The auditorium was overfull.

overfull

/ ˌəʊvəˈfʊl /

adjective

1. excessively full; overflowing

Other Words From

• over·fullness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of overfull¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English oferfull. See over-, full ¹

Example Sentences

It would seem that Samuel Clemens's cup of remorse must be always overfull.

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My brains are soaked like an overfull sponge: they can contain no more this morning.

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An overfull bladder has been mistaken for an ovarian cyst and been punctured with a trocar before the mistake was discovered.

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Overfull of life as my wild garden patch was, it would not have kept its (human) possessor very long from starvation.

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It was growing late—we were very tired and were overfull of undigested story and tangled chronology.

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Related Words

• filled