blistering

blistering
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • blistering — listering 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.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blistering — [blis′tər iŋ] adj. 1. causing blisters 2. so hot so as to seem to cause blisters [blistering heat] 3. extreme or intense [a blistering diatribe] 4. very fast [a blistering run] …   English World dictionary

  • Blistering — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Se conoce como blistering a los abultamientos o chichones que aparecen sobre la superficie de los neumáticos de los bólidos de Fórmula 1 a causa de la elevada temperatura que alcanzan en la pista. Este fenómeno… …   Wikipedia Español

  • blistering — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of heat) intense. 2) (of criticism) very vehement. 3) (in sport) extremely fast, forceful, or impressive. DERIVATIVES blisteringly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • blistering — [[t]blɪ̱stərɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n Blistering heat is very great heat. ...a blistering summer day. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A blistering remark expresses great anger or dislike. The president responded to this with a blistering attack on his… …   English dictionary

  • blistering — blis|ter|ing [ˈblıstərıŋ] adj 1.) extremely hot = ↑blazing ▪ the blistering heat of the desert 2.) blistering attack/criticism etc very critical remarks expressing anger and disapproval ▪ She launched into a blistering attack on her boss. 3.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • blistering — blis|ter|ing [ blıstərıŋ ] adjective 1. ) blistering heat or temperatures are extremely hot 2. ) blistering criticism is very severe: Critics have launched a blistering attack on O Halloran s latest play. 3. ) used for emphasizing the force or… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • blistering — UK [ˈblɪst(ə)rɪŋ] / US [ˈblɪstərɪŋ] adjective 1) used for emphasizing the force or speed with which something is done Hakkinen drove at a blistering pace (= very fast). 2) blistering criticism is very severe Critics have launched a blistering… …   English dictionary

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

  • blistering — adjective 1 extremely hot: the blistering heat of the desert 2 blistering attack/criticism etc very critical remarks expressing anger and disapproval: She launched into a blistering attack on her boss. blisteringly adverb: Cover up, as the sun… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • blistering — adjective 1) blistering heat Syn: intense, extreme, ferocious, fierce; scorching, searing, blazing, burning, fiery; informal boiling, baking, roasting, sweltering Ant: mild, icy …   Thesaurus of popular words

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