blooming

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈbluː.mɪŋ/; sense 3 also IPA: /ˈblʊ.mɪŋ/

Verb

1. present participle of bloom#English|bloom

Adjective

blooming

1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.
2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
3. (British, dated) bloody; bleeding; extremely.

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 (British), blasted, blinking, bloomin'

Translations

• French: en fleur
• Portuguese: florescência
• Russian: цвету́щий
• Spanish: floreciente

Translations

• French: florissant, florissante
• Russian: цвету́щий

Translations

• French: sacré, sacrée
• German: verflixt, verdammt, verflucht
• Russian: прокля́тый

Adverb

blooming

1. (British, euphemistic, often followed by well) Bloody; bleeding; extremely.

   My train's late again. Blooming typical.

Noun

blooming

1. The act by which something blooms.
2. (metallurgy) The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
3. (photography) A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.

Related terms

• antiblooming
• bloomery — forge

Translations

• French: fleurissement
• Russian: обжи́мный стан
• Spanish: plancheado

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