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blis·ter·ing

 (blĭs′tər-ĭng)
adj.
1. Intensely hot: a blistering sun.
2. Harsh; severe: blistering criticism.
3. Very rapid: a blistering pace.
4. Producing a blister or blisters: a blistering agent.
blis′ter·ing·ly adv.
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blistering

(ˈblɪstərɪŋ; -trɪŋ)
adj
1. (of weather) extremely hot
2. (of criticism) extremely harsh
ˈblisteringly adv
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blis•ter•ing

(ˈblɪs tər ɪŋ)

adj.
1. causing blisters.
2. (esp. of sunlight, heat, etc.) very severe or intense.
3. very fast or rapid: a blistering pace.
[1555–65]
blis′ter•ing•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.blistering - the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skinblistering - the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
vesication, vesiculation
biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
Adj.1.blistering - harsh or corrosive in toneblistering - 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"
acid, caustic, vitriolic, sulfurous, sulphurous, acrid, acerb, acerbic, bitter, virulent
unpleasant - disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"
2.blistering - hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blistersblistering - hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters; "blistering sun"
blistery
hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"
3.blistering - very fastblistering - 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"
red-hot, hot
fast - acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly; "fast film"; "on the fast track in school"; "set a fast pace"; "a fast car"
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blistering

adjective
1. hot, boiling, baking, flaming, tropical, roasting, searing, scorching, sizzling, very hot, sweltering, scalding, like a furnace or an oven a blistering summer day
hot freezing, arctic, icy
2. scathing, cutting, biting, violent, fierce, harsh, savage, searing, withering, ferocious, caustic, vehement, scornful, vitriolic, trenchant, belittling, mordant, mordacious a blistering attack on his critics
scathing gentle, mild, bland
3. very fast, flying, rapid, swift, speedy, precipitate, breakneck She set a blistering pace to take the lead.
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blistering

adjective
Marked by much heat:
ardent, baking, boiling, broiling, burning, fiery, heated, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid.
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Translations

blistering

[ˈblɪstərɪŋ] ADJ
1. [heat etc] → abrasador
2. [criticism] → feroz, devastador
3. [pace, speed] → frenético
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

blistering

[ˈblɪstərɪŋ] adj
(= very hot) [heat, summer] → torride; [sun] → brûlant(e); [day] → torride, de canicule
(= angry) [remark, attack] → cinglant(e)
(= very fast) [pace] → foudroyant(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blistering

adj
heat, sun → glühend; pace → mörderisch
(= scathing) attack, criticism → vernichtend, ätzend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

blistering

[ˈblɪstərɪŋ] adj (sun) → che spacca le pietre (fig) (attack) → sferzante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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