different between ravishing vs blooming

English

Adjective

ravishing (comparative more ravishing, superlative most ravishing)

1. Extremely beautiful

   Every time I get into a conversation with this ravishing girl, I want it to last forever.

   • 2011 Allen Gregory, "Pilot" (season 1, episode 1):

     Richard DeLongpre: Who did this to you?

     Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Possibly the most ravishing gal I've ever seen.

Derived terms

• ravishingly
• ravishingness

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Verb

ravishing

1. present participle of ravish

Noun

ravishing (plural ravishings)

1. An act of ravishment.

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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