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单词 full-blown
释义

full-blown

adjective

ˈfu̇l-ˈblōn How to pronounce full-blown (audio)
1
a
: fully mature
b
: being at the height of bloom
c
: full-fledged
2
: possessing or exhibiting all the usual or necessary features or symptoms
a general philosophy, if not a full-blown ideology, is emerging W. H. Jones
developed full-blown AIDS

Synonyms

  • adult
  • full-fledged
  • mature
  • matured
  • ripe
  • ripened
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Word History

Etymology

full entry 2 + blown, past participle of blow entry 3

First Known Use

1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Medical Definition

full-blown

adjective

: fully developed : being in its most extreme or serious form : possessing or exhibiting the characteristic symptoms
a full-blown cold
full-blown hypertension
a collection of symptoms that isn't quite full-blown AIDS J. Silberner

full-blown

adjective

as in ripe
fully grown or developed before he became a full-blown literary sensation, he wrote articles for little journals that paid even littler money

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • ripe
  • matured
  • mature
  • full-fledged
  • adult
  • ripened
  • aging
  • older
  • aged
  • old
  • ageing
  • golden
  • long-lived
  • mellow

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • young
  • burgeoning
  • adolescent
  • youthful
  • juvenile
  • green
  • immature
  • unripe
  • flourishing
  • flowering
  • youngish
  • blooming
  • unfinished
  • blossoming
  • unripened
  • undeveloped
  • unformed
  • unfledged
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