blooming

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.

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

2. 2
   adv

   A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.

   My train's late again. Blooming typical.

3. 3
   noun

   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.”

4. 4
   adj

   informal intensifiers

5. 5
   noun

   the organic process of bearing flowers

6. 6
   verb

   present participle and gerund of bloom

7. 7
   adj

   Opening in blossoms; flowering.

8. 8
   adj

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

Etymology

By surface analysis, bloom + -ing.