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blooming

[ bloo-ming ]

adjective

  1. in bloom; flowering; blossoming.
  2. glowing, as with youthful vigor and freshness:

    blooming cheeks.

  3. flourishing; prospering:

    a blooming business.

  4. Chiefly British Slang. (used as an intensifier):

    He's got his blooming nerve.



adverb

  1. Chiefly British Slang. (used as an intensifier):

    not blooming likely.

blooming

/ ˈːɪŋ /

adverb

  1. informal.
    (intensifier)

    blooming painful

    a blooming genius

“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
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Other Word Forms

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  • ǴdziԲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDz·ǴdziԲ adjective noun
  • ·ǴdziԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blooming1

1350–1400; Middle English; bloom 1, -ing 2; as intensifier, a euphemism for bloody, by phonetic similarity
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blooming1

C19: euphemistic for bloody
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The Senedd has been overtaken by people who all believe in the same blooming thing.

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The flowers seemed to reanimate in the candlelight, blooming and dying with each flicker.

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In the aftermath of the 2007-08 writers’ strike, roles for the blooming actor became harder to come by — a situation that was made more dire by the nation’s crushing financial crisis.

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But as he sits under a blooming citrus tree at the entrance of his new theater, he’s overcome with energy.

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Regular discharges of sewage into Windermere have been blamed for increasing nutrient levels and turning parts of the lake green – so called "algal blooming."

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