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full-blown

full-blown

43 4.6
Occurs at the most serious or complete stage
  • adjective
  • /fʊl bloʊn/
translation icon : en toda regla
  • Bill will have a full-blown fit if he finds out about this.
  • full-blown crisis
  • become full-blown
  • develop into full-blown

But these people are full blown Christian nationalists.

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Examples

  • Sure, he has full-blown dementia.

  • Stress is not only associated with depressive symptoms, but also with full blown major depression.

  • By the time we came back, within two days of coming back, she had this full blown rash on her face.

  • There was a big scare for kids going hungry, more people living in the streets, even a full blown urban crisis.

  • The other night-- I had a full-blown panic attack.

  • To be fair, these places have never seen snow, let alone full-blown ice storms.

  • It's started with the mistrust of fellow agents' command of control, and it grew into a full-blown break with reality.

  • If we don't act now, we're facing a full-blown insurgency.

  • Italians and Spanish people buy their flowers full-blown, voluptuous, at their peak that very day.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • She had a full-blown rash after being exposed to the allergen for too long.

Synonyms

full-scale
vsfull-blown
49 4.1

Complete and using all available resources

is about development at its most intense stage rather than scope
full-fledged
vsfull-blown
14 5.1

A person who is completely trained and able to do a job without help

is more about peak intensity than qualifications or establishment
fully fledged
vsfull-blown
1 4.4

Having full official status and rights in a job or role

is about reaching the most intense or complete developmental stage

Antonyms

117 3.4

Not finished because some parts or steps are missing

7 8.1

Beginning to exist or develop

Not grown enough to reach the normal size, skill, or quality

How Developed

full-blown
43 4.6
developed
2.3
early
1.0

Surface Forms

full-blown positive

Morphology

full-blown = full + blown (transparent) = full + blown

The compound 'full-blown' is directly interpretable as 'fully' + 'blown' (i.e., fully developed or intense), so a learner who knows the components can infer the meaning.

Etymology

The word full-blown comes from the image of a flower 'in full blow', that is, fully open like a bloom or blossom. So, something full-blown is fully developed or at its strongest.