different between lovely vs blooming

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?v?l?, IPA^(key): /?l?vli/

Etymology 1

From Middle English lovely, luvelich, lufli, from Old English lufl?c (“amiable, loving, lovable”), equivalent to love +? -ly.

Adjective

lovely (comparative lovelier, superlative loveliest)

1. Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.
   • 1915, Herman Cyril McNeile, The Lieutenant and Others

     His pink coat was lovely
2. Very nice, wonderful.
3. (obsolete) Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.
4. (obsolete) Loving, filled with love.

Synonyms

• beautiful
• charming
• lovable
• lovesome
• loving
• See also Thesaurus:beautiful

Derived terms

• lovelily
• loveliness
• unlovely

Related terms

• loverly
• lovingly

Translations

Adverb

lovely (comparative more lovely, superlative most lovely)

1. (informal) In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.

Noun

lovely (plural lovelies)

1. (informal) An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.

   Synonyms: pretty, darling

2. Term of fond address.
3. A lovely object.

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Etymology 2

From Middle English lovely, loveli, lofli, lovelike, lovelic (“praiseworthy; laudatory”), equivalent to lofe +? -ly. Cognate with Dutch loffelijk (“laudable, praiseworthy”), German löblich (“commendable, laudable, praiseworthy”), Swedish lovlig (“permissible”). More at lofe, love.

Adjective

lovely (comparative lovelier or more lovely, superlative loveliest or most lovely)

1. (archaic) Worthy of praise.

Anagrams

• volley

Middle English

Adjective

lovely

1. lovely: loving, filled with love

   • Many a lovely loke on them he cast.

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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