Blooming

Quick meaning: Blooming is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of bloom.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of bloom.

More Meanings

1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.
2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
3. (British, Australia, Ireland) A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.
4. (British, Australia, often followed by well) A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.
5. The act by which something blooms.
6. (metallurgy) The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
7. (photography) A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.

Example Sentences

My train's late again. Blooming typical.

“How'd you like to be shoved in a blooming log?'

“Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.”

It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”

Word Forms

• bloomings

Synonyms for blooming

Depending on context, synonyms include blossoming, flowering, blossom, flourish, thriving, bally.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flowering, rosy, flushed, healthy, rosy-cheeked, blossoming.

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