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abounding adjective [ əˈbaʊndɪŋ ]

• very plentiful; abundant.
• "his abounding creative talent"

abound verb

• exist in large numbers or amounts.
• "rumours of a further scandal abound"
Similar: be plentiful, be abundant, be numerous, proliferate, superabound, thrive, flourish, be thick on the ground, grow on trees, be two/ten a penny, abundant, plentiful, superabundant, considerable, copious, ample, lavish, luxuriant, profuse, boundless, munificent, bountiful, prolific, inexhaustible, generous, galore, plenteous,
Opposite: be scarce, meagre, scanty,
Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘overflow, be abundant’): from Old French abunder, from Latin abundare ‘overflow’, from ab- ‘from’ + undare ‘surge’ (from unda ‘a wave’).


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