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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

blistering
    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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

         Let my tongue blister.                   --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

blistering \blistering\ 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. blistering sun

   Syn: blistery.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   3. very fast; as, a blistering pace.

   Syn: red-hot, scorching.
        [WordNet 1.5]

Thesaurus Results for Blistering:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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