bloomed

verb

past tense of bloom
1
as in flowered
to produce flowers forsythias only bloom at the beginning of spring

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2
as in blushed
to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment) she arrived at the house, blooming from her vigorous walk

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Recent Examples of bloomed Green shoots then bloomed after seeing Matthieu Blazy’s spring 2027 collection for Chanel. — Pernille Teisbaek, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2026 Pulverized into a fine powder and bloomed in butter with the aromatics, the corn nuts bring an earthy sweetness and seriously amp up the corn flavor. — Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026 That early exchange helped establish a connection between the two that eventually bloomed into a four-year romance. — Alicia Urrea, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026 In Egypt, lotus blossoms crowned temples as symbols of rebirth, while in the Islamic world, marble arabesques bloomed across mosques to evoke paradise. — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026 If your orchid hasn’t bloomed in several months, that’s actually normal. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2026 When London Craft Week, an annual celebration of the handmade, unfurled across the center of the city this past May, the work of a thousand or so makers bloomed out of every corner. — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 Across the archipelago’s more than seven thousand islands, countless sovereign communities once bloomed with distinct languages and traditions, until Spain claimed them all under a single name. — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 Daisy Chain Fields officially bloomed Saturday morning at Great Park in Irvine, welcoming thousands of fans for a day honoring women in music, art and community. — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 29 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloomed
  1. flowered
  2. blushed
  3. blossomed
  4. glowed
  5. flushed
Verb
  • And now EatFuti has flowered into the first-in-the-nation (to our understanding) State Fair food delivery service — a brand offshoot based, again, in solving a problem, this one much more personal.
    — Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Staking helps protect tall or large-flowered dahlias from breakage and flopping over, especially after rain or strong wind.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
Definition of flowered
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  • Elsewhere, Julia Fox erupted on the scene, sporting skinny brows, overly blushed cheeks, black liner and glossed lips, no less.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The actress blushed as her co-stars, Whoopi Goldberg and Quinta Brunson, showered her with some love at a Kevin special screening later that day.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
Definition of blushed
Verb
  • The couple’s love blossomed through the years since that day, and they were married in July inside Madison Square Garden in New York.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2026
  • And that creativity, which blossomed at the parks, bled into the larger community.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of blossomed
Verb
  • Down the hallway inside the black box theater, a light installation by Studio GUMGUM glowed like radioactive flora.
    — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Their living structures glowed at night a hundred miles up and down the coast.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of glowed
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  • Showing off his prize porcelain in the studio during his podcast, Cat noted proudly that it had been used and flushed by royalty, including Jim Calhoun, Kevin Ollie and Dan Hurley.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Sheathed in a mahogany crust, my hunk of rib eye is flushed pink.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of flushed

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“Bloomed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloomed. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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