Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to blossom
Participle: blossomed
Gerund: blossoming
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | blossom |
| you | blossom |
| he;she;it | blossoms |
| we | blossom |
| you | blossom |
| they | blossom |
Perfect
| I | have blossomed |
| you | have blossomed |
| he;she;it | has blossomed |
| we | have blossomed |
| you | have blossomed |
| they | have blossomed |
Past
| I | blossomed |
| you | blossomed |
| he;she;it | blossomed |
| we | blossomed |
| you | blossomed |
| they | blossomed |
Pluperfect
| I | had blossomed |
| you | had blossomed |
| he;she;it | had blossomed |
| we | had blossomed |
| you | had blossomed |
| they | had blossomed |
Future
| I | will blossom |
| you | will blossom |
| he;she;it | will blossom |
| we | will blossom |
| you | will blossom |
| they | will blossom |
Future Perfect
| I | will have blossomed |
| you | will have blossomed |
| he;she;it | will have blossomed |
| we | will have blossomed |
| you | will have blossomed |
| they | will have blossomed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | blossom |
| you | blossom |
| he;she;it | blossom |
| we | blossom |
| you | blossom |
| they | blossom |
Perfect
| I | have blossomed |
| you | have blossomed |
| he;she;it | have blossomed |
| we | have blossomed |
| you | have blossomed |
| they | have blossomed |
Imperfect
| I | blossomed |
| you | blossomed |
| he;she;it | blossomed |
| we | blossomed |
| you | blossomed |
| they | blossomed |
Pluperfect
| I | had blossomed |
| you | had blossomed |
| he;she;it | had blossomed |
| we | had blossomed |
| you | had blossomed |
| they | had blossomed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would blossom |
| you | would blossom |
| he;she;it | would blossom |
| we | would blossom |
| you | would blossom |
| they | would blossom |
Perfect
| I | would have blossomed |
| you | would have blossomed |
| he;she;it | would have blossomed |
| we | would have blossomed |
| you | would have blossomed |
| they | would have blossomed |
Imperative
| you | blossom |
| we | Let's blossom |
| you | blossom |
Verbs conjugated like 'blossom'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'blossom'
blissom,
bloom,
bosom,
emblossom,
reblossom,
besom,
bless,
blissen,
blood,
bloop,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- flower
- bloom, burgeon, effloresce, blow
- succeed
- bloom, flourish
Antonyms
- flower
- fade, wane, droop, flag
- succeed
- fail, lose, blunder, miss
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. blostma, from P.Gmc. *blo-s-, from PIE *bhle-, extended form of *bhel- "to thrive, bloom." This is the native word, now largely superseded by bloom and flower. The verb is O.E. blostmian.
2. From Middle English blosme, from Old English blostm, blostma, from Proto-Germanic *blōstmô (compare West Frisian blossem, Dutch bloesem; related to *blōstaz [compare German Blust]), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-s- (“bloom, flower”), from *bʰleh₃- (“to bloom, to thrive”). Cognate with Albanian bleron (“to blossom, to thrive”), Latin flōs (“flower”), Flōra (“goddess of plants”). See more at blow (etymology 4).
Sample Sentences
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ANd the Loꝛde ſpake vnto Moſes ſayenge: ſpeake vnto the childern of Iſrael and take of them / foꝛ euery pꝛyncypall houſſe a rod / of their pꝛinces ouer the houſſes of their fathers: euen .xij. roddes / and wꝛyte euery mans name apon his rod. […] And his rod whom I choſe / ſhall bloſſome: So I wyll make ceaſe from me the grudgynges of the childern of Iſrael which they grudge agenſt you. [1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Numeri xvij:[1–2 and 5], folio xxxiiij, verso:]
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The Utricularia vulgaris or bladder-wort, a yellow pea-like flower, has blossomed in stagnant pools. [1851 June 22, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, edited by H[arrison] G[ray] O[tis] Blake, Summer: From the Journal of Henry D. Thoreau, London: T. Fisher Unwin, […], published 1884, →OCLC, page 210:]
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A quiet, studious man, rich in the wisdom that is better than learning, the charity which calls all mankind "brother," the piety that blossoms into character, making it august and lovely. [1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, “Gossip”, in Little Women: […], 2nd part, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC, page 5:]
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Since I came back from Pomona I have done many drawings to illustrate the Inferno of Dante [Alighieri] and I find my old Italian love blossoming all over again for this greatest of all master poets, bar none. [1961 January 30, Rico Lebrun, “New Haven · Capri · Rome (1958–1960) [To David Lebrun from Los Angeles, January 30, 1961]”, in James Renner, David Lebrun, editors, In the Meridian of the Heart: Selected Letters of Rico Lebrun, Boston, Mass.: David R. Godine, […], published 2000, →ISBN, page 66:]
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In February, Mswati announced that he had recovered from Covid-19 after undergoing treatment “for a couple of days” with an undisclosed antiviral medication from Taiwan. Eswatini enjoys a blossoming diplomatic tie with Taiwan — currently the East Asian country’s only ally in Africa. [2021 June 29, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Officials deny King of Eswatini – Africa’s lone absolute monarch – has fled”, in CNN:]