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full-blown

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full-blown (flbln)
adj.
1. Having blossomed or opened completely: full-blown roses.
2. Fully developed or matured.
3. Having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness: a full-blown financial crisis.

full-blown
adj
1. characterized by the fullest, strongest, or best development
2. in full bloom
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.full-blown - fully ripe; at the height of bloom; "a full-blown rose"
mature - having reached full natural growth or development; "a mature cell"
2.full-blown - having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness; "a full-blown financial crisis"
complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"

full-blown
adjective
1. fully developed, total, full-scale, fully fledged, full, whole, developed, complete, advanced, entire, full-sized, fully grown, fully formed You're talking this thing up into a full-blown conspiracy.
fully developed potential, dormant, latent, undeveloped
2. in full bloom, full, flowering, unfolded, blossoming, opened out the faded hues of full-blown roses
Translations
full-blown [ˈfʊlˈbləʊn] ADJ [doctor etc] → hecho y derecho; [attack, invasion etc] → a gran escala
he has full-blown AIDStiene el SIDA en su estado más avanzado
full-blown [ˌfʊlˈbləʊn] adj (disease, heart attack) → vero/a e proprio/a; (doctor, architect) → a tutti gli effetti
full-blown [ˌfʊlˈbləʊn] adj (disease, heart attack) → vero/a e proprio/a; (doctor, architect) → a tutti gli effetti


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Many young couples of my acquaintance, who have had no other reason for concealing the fact beyond their own whim, have thus slipped off without saying a word to anybody, and returned full-blown housekeepers, with "at home" days of their own, and everything else like real married people,--for, as said an old lady to me, "one can never be sure of married people nowadays unless you have been at the wedding.
She was blushing with all her might, and looked like a full-blown peony, or a great red apple.
Our passengers hailed from fifteen states; only a few of them had ever been to sea before; manifestly it would not do to pit them against a full-blown tempest until they had got their sea-legs on.
 
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