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Blistering definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLIS'TERING, ppr. Raising a blister; applying a blistering plaster, or vesicatory.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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]
2: hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters; "blistering sun" [syn: blistering, blistery]
3: 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] n
1: the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin [syn: vesiculation, vesication, blistering]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1562 1. extremely intense or severe <blistering heat> 2. very rapid <a blistering pace> • blistering adverb • blisteringly adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. Let my tongue blister. --Shak.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Blistering heat is very great heat. ...a blistering summer day. ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. A blistering remark expresses great anger or dislike. The president responded to this with a blistering attack on his critics. ADJ: usu ADJ n 3. Blistering is used to describe actions in sport to emphasize that they are done with great speed or force. (JOURNALISM) Sharon Wild set a blistering pace to take the lead. ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis]

Moby Thesaurus

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