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full-blown

full-blown

68 4.6
Occurs at the most serious or complete stage
  • adjective
  • /fʊl bloʊn/
: 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
56 4.1

Complete and using all available resources

is about development at its most intense stage rather than scope
full-fledged
vsfull-blown
34 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
3 4.4

Having full official status and rights in a job or role

is about reaching the most intense or complete developmental stage

Antonyms

108 3.4

Not finished because some parts or steps are missing

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

7 8.1

Beginning to exist or develop

How Developed

full-blown
68 4.6
developed
61 2.3
developing
105 3.7
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.