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FULLNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
Example:
he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance
Synonyms:
fullness; mellowness; richness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fullness" is a kind of...):
property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)
Derivation:
full ((of sound) having marked deepness and body)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Greatness of volume
Synonyms:
fullness; voluminosity; voluminousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("fullness" is a kind of...):
bigness; largeness (the property of having a relatively great size)
Derivation:
full (having ample fabric)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The condition of being filled to capacity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fullness" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Attribute:
full (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal)
empty (holding or containing nothing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fullness"):
repletion; satiation; satiety (the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more)
excess; overabundance; surfeit (the state of being more than full)
solidity (state of having the interior filled with matter)
infestation (the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites)
Antonym:
emptiness (the state of containing nothing)
Derivation:
full (containing as much or as many as is possible or normal)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Completeness over a broad scope
Synonyms:
comprehensiveness; fullness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("fullness" is a kind of...):
completeness (the state of being complete and entire; having everything that is needed)
Attribute:
comprehensive (including all or everything)
Derivation:
full (complete in extent or degree and in every particular)
Context examples:
Patients may present with nasal fullness, obstruction, and/or epistaxis.
(Ethmoid Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Symptoms include fullness, itching, swelling and pain in the ear and ear drainage.
(External Ear Infection, NCI Thesaurus)
Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAMA) Gastrointestinal symptoms; difficulty swallowing, wind abdominal pain, burning sensations, abdominal fullness, nausea, vomiting, borborygmi, looseness of bowels, loss of weight, constipation.
(HAMA - Gastrointestinal Symptoms, NCI Thesaurus)
A question about whether an individual has axillary fullness or numbness.
(Have Axillary Fullness or Numbness, NCI Thesaurus)
Distention of the abdomen associated with a feeling of fullness.
(Bloating, NCI Thesaurus)
It has been used in some cultures to treat certain medical problems, including gastrointestinal problems such as loss of appetite, feelings of fullness, and gas.
(Angelica root, NCI Dictionary)
Airway Questionnaire 20 (AQ20) Do you think the fullness of your life is limited by your chest trouble?
(AQ20 - Fullness of Life is Limited by Chest Trouble, NCI Thesaurus)
The inattention of the two brothers and the aunt to Julia's discomposure, and their blindness to its true cause, must be imputed to the fullness of their own minds.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
They felt and they deplored—but they could not resent it; and they parted, endeavouring to hope that such a change in the general, as each believed almost impossible, might speedily take place, to unite them again in the fullness of privileged affection.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma can cause many symptoms, such as: • Swollen, painless lymph nodes in the neck, armpits or groin • Unexplained weight loss • Fever • Soaking night sweats • Coughing, trouble breathing or chest pain • Weakness and tiredness that don't go away • Pain, swelling or a feeling of fullness in the abdomen
(Lymphoma, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
