" blooming "

1: as in flowering, blossoming;

•  Synonyms : 

•  blossoming,

•  efflorescence,

•  flowering,

•  autumn,

•  Indian summer,

•  acme,

•  apex,

•  climax,

•  meridian,

•  peak,

•  pinnacle,

•  summit,

•  zenith,

•  bloom,

•  blossom,

•  florescence,

•  floruit,

•  flower,

•  flush,

•  heyday,

•  high noon,

•  prime,

•  salad days,

•  springtime,

•  glory,

•  grandeur,

•  splendor,

•  belle epoque,

•  golden age,

•  silver age,

•  comeback,

•  recovery,

•  revival

•  Antonyms : 

•  decay,

•  decline,

•  downfall,

•  bottom,

•  nadir,

•  shriveling,

•  wilting,

•  withering

1: having a healthy reddish skin tone;

  * e.g., " ... the blooming faces of children at play in the great outdoors "

•  Synonyms : 

•  florid,

•  flush,

•  full-blooded,

•  glowing,

•  red,

•  rosy,

•  rubicund,

•  ruddy,

•  sanguine

•  Antonyms : 

•  ashen,

•  ashy,

•  doughy,

•  livid,

•  lurid,

•  mealy,

•  pale,

•  paled,

•  palish,

•  pallid,

•  pasty,

•  peaked,

•  peaky,

•  sallow,

•  sallowish,

•  wan

2: having no exceptions or restrictions;

  * e.g., " ... thought that the royals were blooming idiots for making such indiscreet statements "

•  Synonyms : 

•  absolute,

•  all-out,

•  arrant,

•  blank,

•  bodacious,

•  categorical,

•  clean,

•  complete,

•  consummate,

•  crashing,

•  damn,

•  damned,

•  dead,

•  deadly,

•  definite,

•  downright,

•  dreadful,

•  fair,

•  flat,

•  flat-out,

•  out-and-out,

•  outright,

•  perfect,

•  plumb,

•  profound,

•  pure,

•  rank,

•  regular,

•  sheer,

•  simple,

•  stark,

•  stone,

•  straight-out,

•  thorough,

•  thoroughgoing,

•  total,

•  unadulterated,

•  unalloyed,

•  unconditional,

•  unmitigated,

•  unqualified,

•  utter,

•  very

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to produce flowers;

  * e.g., " ... forsythias only bloom at the beginning of spring "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blossoming,

•  blowing,

•  burgeoning,

•  efflorescing,

•  flowering,

•  unfolding

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment);

  * e.g., " ... she arrived at the house, blooming from her vigorous walk "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blushing,

•  coloring,

•  crimsoning,

•  flushing,

•  glowing,

•  reddening

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to produce flowers;

  * e.g., " ... forsythias only bloom at the beginning of spring "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blossom,

•  blow,

•  burgeon,

•  effloresce,

•  flower,

•  unfold

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment);

  * e.g., " ... she arrived at the house, blooming from her vigorous walk "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blush,

•  color,

•  crimson,

•  flush,

•  glow,

•  redden

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)