in bloom

Actively producing flowers

In bloom describes flowers or plants that are currently flowering: The cherry trees are in bloom.

Extended to people or things at their peak of beauty, vitality, or development: She was in the bloom of youth.

The phrase emphasizes the visible, active state of flowering rather than the capacity to flower.

Related

coming alive · bursting forth · spring fever · peak · unfolding · gardening · garden party · Nirvana · renewal · prosperity · vibrant · radiant · prime · sunlight · petal · roses · rose garden · creativity

Opposites
flowering state

in bloomwithered

Dried and shrunken

dormant · dead · bare · wilted · flowerless

figurative vitality

in bloomin decline

Gradually getting worse

withered · past its prime · withering · fading · dying

Family

bloom, flower, blossom, blooming, floral, bloomed, blossomed, bloomers, bloomer

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G