blooming

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of bloom

adj

1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.
2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
3. (Australia, British, Ireland)A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.

   ““How'd you like to be shoved in a blooming log?'”

adv

1. (Australia, British, often)A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.

   “My train's late again. Blooming typical.”

   ““Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.””

   “It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]””

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The act by which something blooms.

   “Such bloomings, Dr. McLaren continued, would require a critical audience, “so that they can be subject to scientific and ethical review, freely available for research and one day, perhaps, for treating diseases.””

2. (countable, uncountable)The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
3. (countable, uncountable)A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.