Blooming Definition

blo͝omĭng
adjective
Used as an intensive.
A blooming hot day; a blooming idiot.
American Heritage
Flowering; blossoming.
Webster's New World
Thriving; flourishing.
Webster's New World
Utter; complete.
A blooming idiot.
Webster's New World
Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
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adverb

(euphemistic) Bloody; bleeding; extremely.

My train's late again. Blooming typical.
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noun
The act by which something blooms.
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(metallurgy) The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.

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(photography) A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.
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Other Word Forms of Blooming

Noun

Singular:
blooming
Plural:
bloomings

Origin of Blooming

  • Probably a euphemism for bloody

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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