Antonyms for blossom

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : blos-uhm

Phonetic Transcription : ˈblɒs əm

Definition of blossom

Origin : c.1200, from Old English blostm, blostma "blossom, flower, fruit," from Proto-Germanic *blo-s- (cf. Middle Low German blosom, Dutch bloesem, German Blust), from PIE *bhlow-, extended form of *bhel- (3) "to thrive, bloom," possibly identical with *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole). This is the native word, now largely superseded by bloom and flower.

noun flower
verb flower
verb flourish

Example sentences :

The new house was to be the garden in which she should blossom.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

Not far from here ran Joseph's river, making the desert to blossom like the rose.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

What belief should be sown to blossom forth in a harvest of strength and peace?
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

This was no soil for kindliness and affection to blossom in.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

I also have in blossom an Abutilon and three Obconica Primulas.
Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various

Each mocking day doth fleece A blossom, and lay bare her poverty.
Extract from : « A Calendar of Sonnets » by Helen Hunt Jackson

On September 27 I found a blossom on the peach-tree in our back yard.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, October 19, 1880 » by Various

In this little garden of happiness, her hope begins to blossom.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Girls are like the hawthorns; when they break out into blossom, they do all they can.
Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola

"It takes them some days to develop and blossom," said the Professor.
Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 29, 1880 » by Various

Synonyms for blossom

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