blooming
1 of 2adjective or adverb
bloom·ing
ˈblü-mən
-miŋ
2
: thriving in health, beauty, and vigor : exhibiting the freshness and beauties of youth or health
… ever since she was a blooming lass of twenty.—George Eliot
… a smart, pretty girl of nineteen, with … a round face, bright, blooming cheeks, glossy, clustering curls, and little merry brown eyes.—Anne Brontë
3
chiefly British, informal
—used as a generalized intensive
a blooming fool
He's a blooming busybody: that's what he is.—George Bernard Shaw
blooming
2 of 2present participle of bloom entry 3
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“Blooming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blooming. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.
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