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[ bloo-ming ] / ˈblu mɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR blooming ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivein bloom; flowering; blossoming. glowing, as with youthful vigor and freshness: blooming cheeks. flourishing; prospering: a blooming business. Chiefly British Slang. (used as an intensifier): He's got his blooming nerve. adverbChiefly British Slang. (used as an intensifier): not blooming likely. Origin of blooming1350–1400; Middle English; see bloom1, -ing2; as intensifier, a euphemism for bloody, by phonetic similarity OTHER WORDS FROM bloomingbloom·ing·ly, adverbbloom·ing·ness, nounnon·bloom·ing, adjective, nounpre·bloom·ing, adjectiveWords nearby bloomingbloomer, bloomers, bloomery, Bloomfield, Bloomfieldian, blooming, Bloomingdale, blooming mill, blooming oil, Bloomington, Bloomsburg Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bloomingWith lights flashing, the cruiser arrived at the Blooming Grove State Police barracks in Pike County. Killer Eric Frein Held in Murdered Cop’s Cuffs|Michael Daly|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Frein was lodged in a holding cell at Blooming Grove barracks. Killer Eric Frein Held in Murdered Cop’s Cuffs|Michael Daly|October 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Flowers are blooming, love is in the air, and hopefulness abounds for one and all. Thank Anti-Vaxxers for Lyme Disease|Kent Sepkowitz|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Except will it lead to the blooming a few years hence of a new marital theory of Sex and Substance Overload? Tina Brown on Sex, Decorating, and Divorce for Billionaires|Tina Brown|July 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I pictured this vibrant arts community in this democratic, blooming Middle East. How I Write: Nathan Englander|Noah Charney|March 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST This dainty little work of art is only one of the thousands that everywhere are building in the blooming trees and thickets. Pastoral Days|William Hamilton Gibson Some were blooming, others had only begun to form fruit-buds, while some were loaded with ripe clusters ready for the wine-press. Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca|Homer Each school showed its best pupils, and the parents looked on at the blooming flower show. Jack and Jill|Louisa May Alcott A huge agave, or century plant, is now blooming at Auburn, N.Y. Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886|Various Arriving at the snow line, we found grass and even flowers growing and blooming in soil moistened by the melting snow. In the Early Days along the Overland Trail in Nebraska Territory, in 1852|Gilbert L. Cole
British Dictionary definitions for blooming
adverb, adjectiveBritish informal (intensifier)a blooming genius; blooming painful Word Origin for bloomingC19: euphemistic for bloody Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bloomingbudding, flourishing, growing, blossoming, opening, sprouting, prospering, robust, successful, bright, chipper, energetic, fresh, radiant, rosy, spry, bright-eyed |