noun
- The formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin.
- synonyms: vesiculation, vesication
verb
- Get blistered.
- usage: "Her feet blistered during the long hike"
- Subject to harsh criticism.
- usage: "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"
- Cause blisters to form on.
- usage: "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"
- synonyms: blister
adjective
- Harsh or corrosive in tone.
- usage: "an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"; "a barrage of acid comments"; "her acrid remarks make her many enemies"; "bitter words"; "blistering criticism"; "caustic jokes about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics"; "a sulfurous denunciation"; "a vitriolic critique"
- Hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters.
- usage: "blistering sun"
- synonyms: blistery
- Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed.
- usage: "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive"
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