blooming

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of bloompresent participle and gerund of bloom

adjective

1. 1

   Opening in blossoms; flowering.

2. 2

   Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.

3. 3

   A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.

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

adverb

1. 1

   A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.

   My train's late again. Blooming typical.

   ‘You give me twelve bob a foot, an’ I’ll bloomin’ quick show you whether I can bore or not.’

   “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. […]”

noun

1. 1

   The act by which something blooms.

   Such bloomings, Dr. McLaren continued, would require a critical audience, “so that they can be subject to scientific and ethical review, freely available for research and one day, perhaps, for treating diseases.”

2. 2

   The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.

3. 3

   A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.

Forms

plural

bloomings

comparative

more blooming

superlative

most blooming