Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blistering"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Let my tongue blister. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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" [syn: {acerb},
{acerbic}, {acid}, {acrid}, {bitter}, {caustic}, {sulfurous},
{sulphurous}, {venomous}, {virulent}, {vitriolic}]
2: hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters;
"blistering sun" [syn: {blistery}]
3: very fast; "a blistering pace"; "got off to a hot start";
"in hot pursuit"; "a red-hot line drive" [syn: {hot}, {red-hot}]
n : the formation of vesicles [syn: {vesiculation}, {vesication}]
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