'Bursting' definitions:
Definition of 'Bursting'
From: GCIDE
- Burst \Burst\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burst; p. pr. & vb. n. Bursting. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] [OE. bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. b[ae]rst, imp. pl. burston, p. p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, Icel. bresta, Sw. brista, Dan. briste. Cf. Brast, Break.]
- 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring. [1913 Webster]
- From the egg that soon Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc. [1913 Webster]
- No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak: And I will speak, that so my heart may burst. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- A resolved villain Whose bowels suddenly burst out. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
- To burst upon him like an earthquake. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bursting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abundant,
- agog,
- alive with,
- aquiver,
- aroused,
- atingle,
- atwitter,
- banging,
- blasting,
- bloated,
- blooming,
- bountiful,
- brimful,
- brimming,
- bristling,
- bulging,
- bursting out,
- capacity,
- carried away,
- chock-full,
- choked,
- chuck-full,
- congested,
- copious,
- cracking,
- cram-full,
- crammed,
- crashing,
- crawling,
- creative,
- crowded,
- crowding,
- detonating,
- distended,
- drenched,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- eruptive,
- excited,
- exhilarated,
- explodable,
- exploding,
- explosible,
- explosive,
- exuberant,
- farci,
- fecund,
- fertile,
- filled,
- filled to overflowing,
- fired,
- flapping,
- flourishing,
- flush,
- fructiferous,
- fruitful,
- full,
- full to bursting,
- fulminating,
- generous,
- glutted,
- gorged,
- high,
- hopped up,
- hyperemic,
- impassioned,
- in profusion,
- in spate,
- inflamed,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- keyed up,
- knocking,
- lathered up,
- lavish,
- lush,
- luxuriant,
- manic,
- moved,
- overblown,
- overburdened,
- overcharged,
- overfed,
- overflowing,
- overfraught,
- overfreighted,
- overfull,
- overladen,
- overloaded,
- overstocked,
- overstuffed,
- oversupplied,
- overweighted,
- packed,
- packed like sardines,
- plenary,
- plenteous,
- plentiful,
- plethoric,
- popping,
- populous,
- pregnant,
- prodigal,
- productive,
- profuse,
- proliferating,
- proliferous,
- prolific,
- rapping,
- ready to burst,
- replete,
- rich,
- rife,
- round,
- roused,
- running over,
- satiated,
- saturated,
- seminal,
- slapping,
- slatting,
- soaked,
- SRO,
- standing room only,
- steamed up,
- stimulated,
- stirred,
- stirred up,
- studded,
- stuffed,
- stuffed up,
- superabundant,
- supercharged,
- supersaturated,
- surcharged,
- surfeited,
- swarming,
- swollen,
- tapping,
- teeming,
- thick,
- thick as hail,
- thick with,
- thick-coming,
- thrilled,
- thriving,
- thronged,
- thronging,
- tingling,
- tingly,
- topful,
- turned-on,
- uberous,
- volcanic,
- whipped up,
- worked up,
- wrought up,
- yeasty