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Definition bursting in British English

bursting adjective

adjective
/ˈbɜː(r)stɪŋ/
1

if you are bursting with something such as pride, energy, or love, you feel or have a lot of it

Example

He was bursting with excitement.

Example

The new teacher was enthusiastic and bursting with ideas.

Synonyms and related words
emotional passionate ardent
1.1

impatient because you want very much to do something

Example

I'm absolutely bursting to tell you what's happened.

Synonyms and related words
enthusiastic keen eager
2

if a place is bursting, it is very full

Example

The bars were already bursting at 7 o'clock.

Example

The camps are bursting at the seams with refugees.

Synonyms and related words
full crowded packed
3

feeling very strongly that you need to urinate

Synonyms and related words
be caught short bedwetting bowel movement
Definition bursting in British English