blooming
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bloom·ing | \ ˈblü-mən 
, -miŋ \
, -miŋ \Definition of blooming
2 : thriving in health, beauty, and vigor : exhibiting the freshness and beauties of youth or health
… ever since she was a blooming lass of twenty.— George Eliot … a smart, pretty girl of nineteen, with … a round face, bright, blooming cheeks, glossy, clustering curls, and little merry brown eyes.— Anne Brontë
3 chiefly British, informal —used as a generalized intensivea blooming foolHe's a blooming busybody: that's what he is.— George Bernard Shaw
Synonyms & Antonyms for blooming
Synonyms
Antonyms
- ashen,
- ashy,
- doughy,
- livid,
- lurid,
- mealy,
- pale,
- paled,
- palish,
- pallid,
- pasty,
- peaked,
- peaky,
- sallow,
- sallowish,
- wan
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blooming
adjectiveEnglish Language Learners Definition of blooming
British, informal —used to make an angry or critical statement more forceful
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The first known use of blooming was in 1592
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