 blistering |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters | |
| Synonyms: | blistery | |
| Examples: | "blistering sun" |
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| Related terms: | hot | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] harsh or corrosive in tone | |
| Synonyms: | bitter acid acrid virulent acerbic sulfurous sulphurous venomous caustic vitriolic acerb | |
| Examples: | "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" "a sulfurous denunciation" |
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| Related terms: | unpleasant | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (biology) the formation of vesicles | |
| Synonyms: | vesiculation vesication | |
| Related terms: | organic_process blister | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] marked by harshly abusive criticism | |
| Synonyms: | scathing scalding vituperative | |
| Examples: | "his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists" "her vituperative railing" |
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| Related terms: | critical | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] very fast | |
| Synonyms: | hot red-hot | |
| Examples: | "a blistering pace" "got off to a hot start" "in hot pursuit" "a red-hot line drive" |
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| Related terms: | fast | |
| Similar spelling: |
blustering blister bluster blaster blistery blusterer blistered Blaustein blasting Balistreri bluestocking blustery blister_rust blister_pack blastomeric bluestone blighter blasting_cap blastemic blusterous blue_stem |
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