different between comely vs blooming

English

Alternative forms

• cumlie, comly (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English comly, cumly, cumlich, from Old English cyml??, c?ml?? (compare Old English c?me (“fine, exquisite”), from Proto-Germanic *k?miz (“delicate”)), from Proto-Germanic *k?mal?kaz (“pitiful, dear”). Cognate with Middle Dutch komlick, komelick, Middle High German komel?h, gomel?h.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?mli/

Adjective

comely (comparative comelier or more comely, superlative comeliest or most comely)

1. (dated, of a person) Pleasing or attractive to the eye.

   Synonym: pulchritudinous

   Antonym: (of a person) homely

   • , "Adam in Paradise"

     He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young.
2. (archaic) Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.

Derived terms

• comeliness

Translations

Anagrams

• Comley

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?blu?.m??/; sense 3 also IPA^(key): /?bl?.m??/

Verb

blooming

1. present participle of bloom

Adjective

blooming (comparative more blooming, superlative most blooming)

1. Opening in blossoms; flowering.
2. Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.
3. (Britain, dated) bloody; bleeding; extremely.

Synonyms

• (opening in blossoms): blossoming, flowering, in bloom, in blossom, in flower
• (thriving in health, beauty and vigor/vigour): blossoming, flourishing, thriving
• (euphemism for "bloody"): bally (British), blasted, blinking, bloomin'

Translations

Adverb

blooming (comparative more blooming, superlative most blooming)

1. (Britain, euphemistic, often followed by well) Bloody; bleeding; extremely.

Noun

blooming (countable and uncountable, plural bloomings)

1. The act by which something blooms.
2. (metallurgy) The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.
3. (photography) A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.

Related terms

• antiblooming
• bloomery – forge

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