'Blistering' definitions:
Definition of 'blistering'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Harsh or corrosive in tone; "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" [syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, blistering, caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic]
adjective
Hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters; "blistering sun" [syn: blistering, blistery]
adjective
Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed; "a hot sports car"; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start"; "in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" [syn: blistering, hot, red-hot]
noun
The formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin [syn: vesiculation, vesication, blistering]
Definition of 'Blistering'
From: GCIDE
- Blister \Blis"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blistered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blistering.] To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on. [1913 Webster]
- Let my tongue blister. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'blistering'
From: GCIDE
- blistering \blistering\ adj.
- 1. harshly or corrosively critical in tone; -- of comments about people or their actions. blistering criticism
- Syn: acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, caustic, scathing, venomous, virulent, vitriolic. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. intensely hot. blistering sun
- Syn: blistery. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. very fast; as, a blistering pace.
- Syn: red-hot, scorching. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'blistering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afflict,
- annoy,
- ardent,
- baking,
- beaten,
- blasted,
- blazing,
- blebby,
- bleeding,
- blessed,
- blistered,
- blistery,
- blooming,
- boiling,
- bother,
- branding,
- broiling,
- bubbling,
- bubbly,
- burbling,
- burbly,
- burning,
- burning hot,
- calcination,
- canicular,
- carbonated,
- carbonization,
- cauterization,
- cautery,
- chiffon,
- cineration,
- combustion,
- concremation,
- cracking,
- cremation,
- cupellation,
- cursed,
- cussed,
- deflagration,
- destructive distillation,
- discomfort,
- distillation,
- distilling,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- execrable,
- fatigue,
- feverish,
- fiery,
- fizzy,
- flaming,
- flushed,
- grilling,
- heated,
- hot,
- hot as fire,
- hot as hell,
- incineration,
- infernal,
- irk,
- irritate,
- jade,
- like a furnace,
- like an oven,
- overheated,
- overwarm,
- oxidation,
- oxidization,
- parching,
- piping hot,
- puffed,
- pyrolysis,
- red-hot,
- refining,
- roasting,
- scalding,
- scorching,
- scorification,
- searing,
- seething,
- self-immolation,
- simmering,
- singeing,
- sizzling,
- sizzling hot,
- smelting,
- smoking hot,
- souffle,
- souffleed,
- sparkling,
- spumescent,
- sudorific,
- suttee,
- sweating,
- sweaty,
- sweltering,
- sweltry,
- the stake,
- thermogenesis,
- toasting,
- torrid,
- vesicant,
- vesicated,
- vesication,
- vesicatory,
- vesicular,
- wear,
- whipped,
- white-hot