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1. Harsh or corrosive in tone
   "blistering criticism";
   - acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter, caustic, sulfurous [N. Amer], sulphurous [Brit, Cdn], virulent, vitriolic, acidulous, sulphureous [Brit]
    
2. Hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters
   "blistering sun";
   - blistery
    
3. Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
   "a blistering pace";
   - hot, red-hot

1. The formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
   - vesiculation, vesication

1. Get blistered
   "Her feet blistered during the long hike";
   - vesicate
    
2. Subject to harsh criticism
   "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday";
   - scald, whip [informal], scorch
    
3. Cause blisters to form on
   "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"

See also: fast, hot, unpleasant

Type of: alter, assail, assault, attack, biological process, change, intumesce, lash out, modify, organic process, puff, round, snipe, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce

Encyclopedia: Blistering