burgeoning

[ bur-juh-ning ]

/ ˈbɜr dʒə nɪŋ /

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Definition of burgeoning

adjective

growing or developing quickly:The company was criticized for not doing more to pare down its burgeoning debt.

(of a plant) putting forth buds, flowers, shoots, etc.:The overcast sky was more than made up for by the brilliant purple blossoms of the burgeoning jacaranda trees.

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Rarely bour·geon·ing .

Origin of burgeoning

burgeon + -ing²

Words nearby burgeoning

burgage, Burgas, burgee, Burgenland, burgeon, burgeoning, burger, burgess, Burgess Shale, burgh, burgher

How to use burgeoning in a sentence

A byproduct of this burgeoning of the power of the nation state is the further rise of nationalism itself.
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Such is her burgeoning popularity Toomey is looking to employ more instructors to lead her highly personalized exercise classes.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
For the aficionado or the neophyte, Comics is a useful overview of a richly creative period in a burgeoning art.
The Best Coffee Table Books of 2014|Robert Birnbaum|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The popularity of anime tales featuring man-on-man passion is burgeoning among Japanese women.
The Japanese Women Who Love Gay Anime|Brandon Presser|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But just what is driving such an exciting, burgeoning expansion of hip-hop?
From Public Enemy to Power Broker: Hip-Hop’s the New Global Pop Culture|Lauren DeLisa Coleman|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Because the former commissioner at the center of the “newly re-burgeoning” IRS “scandal” is clearly a clairvoyant.
The Woman at the Center of the IRS ‘Scandal’ Must Be Clairvoyant|Michael Tomasky|June 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The songs of the birds came glad and multitudinous as in the burgeoning dawn of a glorious day.
The Hill of Venus|Nathan Gallizier
There was another force, subtle and exacting: the girl's burgeoning womanhood.
Kenny|Leona Dalrymple
The wildly burgeoning life of Khatka had surrounded the off-worlders since they had come here.
Voodoo Planet|Andre Norton
They came back of their own accord to offer themselves rich with all the consequences of their secret burgeoning.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas|Remy de Gourmont
All about, in nature and in human kind, she felt the spring burgeoning, and within herself she felt it most of all.
The Nest Builder|Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale