❗ Very (emphasis) 🌸 Flowering

blooming

11 8.9

An informal word people put before a descriptive word to show strong feeling, often anger or surprise

adverb
/ˈbluːmɪŋ/

: malditamente

Back in my car, quick outfit change because I couldn't stand the sight of myself in that blooming Lululemon gym, shop, gym, shop, gym top any longer.

How blooming stupid can we possibly be?

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Examples

OK, verdict on the dessert is that it's blooming good, but really hard to eat.
But Cheerios for breakfast today, blooming delicious, like so good.
It's actually blooming and thank you for the engagement.
I nearly lost the blooming thing, but it looked good and it tastes good.
Strictly come blooming out, then now strictly thrashed X Factor in the ratings.
OK, Pork chops, steak, blooming onion, spaghetti.
That with the Oxbridge set, on both front benches at the Oxbridge set, I mean, nearly all of them do PPE, They nearly all do the same blooming degree.
This cake is blooming amazing; I can't believe you made it yourself!
The weather on our trip was blooming lovely, making our holiday unforgettable.
You got the promotion? That's blooming fantastic news!

Synonyms

fucking

vsblooming

Offensive

∞ 9.9

A rude strong word people use to show anger or surprise

is milder and nonvulgar fitting informal British usage

bloody

vsblooming

Offensive

659 7.5

To add strong feeling before a describing word in informal British English, often to show anger

covers admiration as well as annoyance and surprise

flaming

vsblooming

Slang

18 7.0

To show strong anger or annoyance before a word

is used more broadly not only before adjectives and nouns

blinking

vsblooming

Slang

3 7.8

Used before a word to show mild anger or strong feeling

is stronger or more expressive rather than just mild emphasis

crashing

vsblooming

3 7.5

Very bad or annoying

is used more generally for annoyance admiration or surprise not only negatives

bally

vsblooming

Archaic

1 9.9

People say it to show strong anger or annoyance

also covers admiration and surprise not only anger or annoyance

Idioms

blooming heck

1 9.1

A short shout people use to show surprise or mild annoyance

Compounds

late-blooming

1 4.8

Something that develops or succeeds later than usual

early-blooming

1 3.4

A plant that flowers early in the growing season, often in spring

late-blooming

1 4.7

A plant that flowers later than most, often in autumn

spring-blooming

1 3.5

A plant that has flowers in spring

fall-blooming

1 4.7

A plant that produces flowers in autumn

summer-blooming

1 3.1

That blooms in summer

winter-blooming

1 4.3

Producing flowers during the winter

night-blooming cereus

1 9.8

A cactus with large, fragrant flowers that open at night and wilt by morning

autumn-blooming

1 4.6

A plant that flowers in autumn to give color late in the year

ever-blooming

1 4.1

Producing flowers for many months

late-spring-blooming

Specialized

1 3.9

A plant that has flowers in the later part of spring

blooming-fool begonia

Specialized

9.6

A begonia with many large pink flowers that blooms in winter

fall-blooming hydrangea

8.3

A bush that loses its leaves and has large cone-shaped flowers in fall

How Emphatic

damn

NSFW

∞ 6.7

bloody

Offensive

659 7.5

quite

∞ 1.0

blooming

11 8.9

rather

∞ 1.0

a bit

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

blooming positive

Morphology

blooming = bloom (opaque) = bloom + ing

Formally 'bloom' + '-ing', but the intensifier meaning is idiomatic/euphemistic and not derivable from 'flowering'.

Etymology

Blooming as an informal intensifier can be remembered by the idea of a flower in 'full bloom'—very full or strong—so people use blooming to mean 'very' or to show strong feeling, as in 'I'm blooming tired'.