[syn: bally(a), blinking(a), bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a), fucking(a)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bloom \Bloom\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bloomed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Blooming.]
1. To produce or yield blossoms; to blossom; to flower or be
in flower.
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A flower which once
In Paradise, fast by the tree of life,
Began to bloom. --Milton.
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2. To be in a state of healthful, growing youth and vigor; to
show beauty and freshness, as of flowers; to give promise,
as by or with flowers.
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A better country blooms to view,
Beneath a brighter sky. --Logan.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blooming \Bloom"ing\, n. (Metal.)
The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blooming \Bloom"ing\, a.
1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.
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2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; indicating the
freshness and beauties of youth or health.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
blooming
adj 1: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking)
nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you
flaming idiot" [syn: bally(a), blinking(a),
bloody(a), blooming(a), crashing(a), flaming(a),
fucking(a)]
n 1: the organic process of bearing flowers; "you will stop all
bloom if you let the flowers go to seed" [syn: blooming,
bloom]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "blooming":
absolute, blamed, blankety-blank, blasted, bleeding, blinking,
bloody, complete, consummate, cursed, damnable, execrable,
infernal, out-and-out, outright, rank, ruddy, unmitigated