Synonyms

full-blown

American

[fool-blohn] / ˈfʊlˈbloʊn /

adjective

fully or completely developed.

full-blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full-blown novel.
in full bloom.

a full-blown rose.

full-blown British

adjective

characterized by the fullest, strongest, or best development
in full bloom

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Etymology

Origin of full-blown

First recorded in 1605–15

Example Sentences

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By the final buzzer, it was a full-blown party.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

"But it's not to precipitate a full-blown societal or humanitarian collapse."

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The latest fighting has led the UN to warn of a possible return to full-blown civil war in the world's youngest nation.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Oxford Economics said a full-blown oil crisis was unlikely with a well supplied market able to manage the impact from the Middle East conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

The Noble Savage dates back as far as the first full-blown ethnography of American indigenous peoples, Bartolome de Las Casas’s Apologetica Historia Sumaria, written mainly in the 1530s.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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