full-blown
Americanadjective
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fully or completely developed.
full-blown AIDS; an idea expanded into a full-blown novel.
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in full bloom.
a full-blown rose.
adjective
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characterized by the fullest, strongest, or best development
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in full bloom
Etymology
Origin of full-blown
First recorded in 1605–15
Example Sentences
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At Real, a two-year dry spell constitutes a full-blown crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
In 2007, the actor Felicia Day debuted “The Guild,” one of the first works, maybe the first, to demonstrate that the web could be a legitimate platform for full-blown, character-driven, narrative comedy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The concept debuted in a 2013 promo for NBC’s coverage of the English Premier League, then launched as a full-blown sitcom during the angst and fear of the coronavirus pandemic seven years later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
"I was in a full-blown psychosis - I believed that my loved ones were trying to hurt me and kill me," he recalls.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
Some phrases beginning with full are hyphenated: full-blooded, full-blown, full- bodied, full-bore, full-fledged, full-scale, full-service, full-size, full-time, and so on.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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