blistering
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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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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
hot freezing, arctic, icy
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blistering
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blistering
[ˈblɪstərɪŋ] ADJ1. [heat etc] → abrasador
2. [criticism] → feroz, devastador
3. [pace, speed] → frenético
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blistering
[ˈblɪstərɪŋ] adj (= 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
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