Definition of BLOOMING

blooming

Plural: bloomings

Noun

  • the organic process of bearing flowers
  • The act by which something blooms.
  • The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
  • A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.

Verb

  • produce or yield flowers
  • present participle and gerund of bloom

Adjective Satellite

  • informal intensifiers

Adj

  • Opening in blossoms; flowering.
  • Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
  • A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.

Adv

  • A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.

Examples

  • My train's late again. Blooming typical.

Origin / Etymology

By surface analysis, bloom + -ing.

Synonyms

bally, blinking, bloody, bloom, blossom, crashing, flaming, flower, fucking, blasted, bloomin', blossoming, flourish, flowering, in bloom, in blossom, in flower, thriving

Scrabble Score: 13

blooming: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
blooming: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
blooming: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

blooming: valid Words With Friends Word