blooming

English

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Verb

blooming

1. Present participle of bloom.

Adjective

blooming (comparative more blooming, superlative most blooming)

1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.
2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
3. (UK, euphemistic) bloody (in its vulgar senses).

Synonyms

• (opening in blossoms): blossoming, flowering, in bloom, in blossom, in flower
• (thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour): blossoming, flourishing, thriving
• (euphemism for "bloody"): bally (UK), blasted, blinking

Translations

opening in blossoms

Bulgarian: цъфтящ (bg), разцъфнал (bg) Czech: kvetoucí (cs), rozkvetlý (cs) Dutch: bloeiend, bloeiende

French: en fleur Spanish: floreciente

thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour

Bulgarian: цветущ (bg), преуспяващ (bg) Dutch: bloeiend, bloeiende

French: florissant (fr) m., florissante (fr) f.

euphemism for "bloody"

French: sacré (fr) m., sacrée (fr) f.

German: verflixt (de), verdammt (de), verflucht (de)

Adverb

blooming (comparative more blooming, superlative most blooming)

1. (euphemistic) Bloody; bleeding; extremely

   My train's late again. Blooming typical.

Noun

blooming (countable and uncountable; plural bloomings)

1. The act by which something blooms.
   • 2007 July 23, Jeremy Pearce, “Anne McLaren, 80, Expert on the Embryo, Is Dead”, New York Times:

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

Related terms

• bloomery — forge

Translations

blooming

Bulgarian: блуминг (bg) Russian: обжимный стан (ru) (obžímnyj stan) m., блюминг (ru) (bljúming) m.

Spanish: plancheado