blooming

adjective or adverb

bloom·​ing ˈblü-mən 

-miŋ

1

: having blooms unfolding : flowering

a blooming rose

a blooming cherry tree

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 intensive

a blooming fool

He's a blooming busybody: that's what he is.

—George Bernard Shaw

Synonyms

• florid
• flush
• full-blooded
• glowing
• red
• rosy
• rubicund
• ruddy
• sanguine

Examples of blooming in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

On Sunday, fans who have been similarly patient with the Orioles’ 21-year-old blooming star were rewarded, as Henderson capped one of his best performances in the major leagues with a 462-foot missile onto Eutaw Street. —Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2023

Word History

Etymology

probably euphemism for bloody

First Known Use

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing blooming

• night-blooming cereus