blooming
Americanadjective
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in bloom; flowering; blossoming.
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glowing, as with youthful vigor and freshness.
blooming cheeks.
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flourishing; prospering.
a blooming business.
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Chiefly British Slang. (used as an intensifier).
He's got his blooming nerve.
adverb
adverb
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Etymology
Origin of blooming
1350–1400; Middle English; see bloom 1, -ing 2; as intensifier, a euphemism for bloody, by phonetic similarity
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That’s why the movie ends with a little flower blooming in a dried tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Its unfurling will reveal an image of the cosmos overlain with blooming flowers and splintered prisms emanating rainbows.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
It is springtime in Los Angeles, the flowers are blooming and Ari is excited to be going to a party thrown by a friend of her roommate’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
"We all had to do the good old Monday qualifying back in the day, 50 blooming years ago. I personally think that's the way it should be, you start again and climb the ladder."
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
Not looking too blooming in her new brown kid shoes with two buttons—the idea!
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
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