English Explanatory Dictionary

blooming

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of bloom
adj
  1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.
  2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
  3. A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.
adv
  1. A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.
noun
  1. The act by which something blooms.
  2. The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
  3. A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.

Pronunciation

/ˈbluː.mɪŋ/ /ˈblʊ.mɪŋ/ en-us-blooming.ogg

Word forms

blooming more blooming most blooming bloomings

Etymology

By surface analysis, bloom + -ing.

Synonyms

blossoming flowering in bloom in blossom in flower blossom flourish thriving bally blasted blinking bloomin'

Related words

antiblooming bloomery

Derived words

bloomingly bloomingness everblooming nonblooming preblooming unblooming blooming heck blooming hell blooming onion late-blooming

Translations

Bulgarian: блуминг Finnish: kukkiminen French: fleurissement Russian: обжи́мный стан Russian: блю́минг Spanish: plancheado Tamil: மலர்ச்சி Tamil: அலர்த்தி
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