blistering (redirected from blisteringly)

blis·ter·ing  (blstr-ng)

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.

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blister·ing·ly adv.

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blistering [ˈblɪstərɪŋ -trɪŋ]

adj

1. (of weather) extremely hot

2. (of criticism) extremely harsh

blisteringly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	blistering - 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 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) 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 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.

Translations

blistering [ˈblɪstərɪŋ] ADJ

1. [heat etc] → abrasador

2. [criticism] → feroz, devastador

3. [pace, speed] → frenético

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)

blistering

adj

heat, sun → glühend; pace → mörderisch

(= scathing) attack, criticism → vernichtend, ätzend

blistering [ˈblɪstərɪŋ] adj (sun) → che spacca le pietre (fig) (attack) → sferzante