Meaning

3 senses
  1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.

    blühend, in Blüte stehend

    цвету́щийcvetúščij, расцвета́ющийrascvetájuščij

  2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.

    цвету́щийcvetúščij, преуспева́ющийpreuspevájuščij, процвета́ющийprocvetájuščij

  3. (Australia, Ireland, UK)A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.

    verflixt, verdammt, verflucht

    прокля́тыйprokljátyj, грёбаныйgrjóbanyj, чёртовčórtov

More definitions
  • informal intensifiers

Examples

79 sentences
  1. The roses are blooming early this year.

    ruРозы в этом году рано цветут. — marafon

  2. The roses in the garden are blooming.

    deDie Rosen im Garten blühen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Various kinds of flowers will be blooming soon.

  4. There are some beautiful flowers blooming in the garden.

  5. White and yellow flowers were blooming on the side of the road.

    deWeiße und gelbe Blumen blühten am Straßenrand. — Waldelfe

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
opening in blossoms:
thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour:
euphemism for "bloody":
Deutsch
By meaning 2
opening in blossoms:
euphemism for "bloody":

Origin

By surface analysis, bloom + -ing.

By surface analysis, bloom + -ing.

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Forms

more blooming, most blooming
Comparativemore blooming Lesson
Superlativemost blooming Lesson

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour:blossomB2flourishC1thriving
opening in blossoms:blossomingfloweringin bloomin flowerin blossom
euphemism for "bloody":ballyblastedblinkingbloomin'
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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