DICTOMETER

BLISTERING

(blister, blistering)

1. Synonyms:
   • Vesiculation
   • Vesication
   • Blistering
   Definitions:
   • the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Blister
   • Vesicate
   Definitions:
   • get blistered
   Examples:
   • Her feet blistered during the long hike
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Blister
   • Scald
   • Whip
   Definitions:
   • subject to harsh criticism
   Examples:
   • The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday
   • The professor scaled the students
   • Your invectives scorched the community
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Blister
   Definitions:
   • cause blisters to form on
   Examples:
   • The tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Acerb
   • Acerbic
   • Acid
   • Acrid
   • Bitter
   • Blistering
   • Caustic
   • Sulfurous
   • Sulphurous
   • Virulent
   • Vitriolic
   Definitions:
   • harsh or corrosive in tone
   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 about political assassination, talk-show hosts and medical ethics
   • A sulfurous denunciation
   • A vitriolic critique
   Antonyms:
   • Pleasant
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Blistering
   • Blistery
   Definitions:
   • hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters
   Examples:
   • Blistering sun
   Antonyms:
   • Cold
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Blistering
   • Hot
   • Red-hot
   Definitions:
   • very fast
   • capable of quick response and great speed
   Examples:
   • A hot sports car
   • A blistering pace
   • Got off to a hot start
   • In hot pursuit
   • A red-hot line drive
   Antonyms:
   • Slow