blistering

(s) 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, acerb, acerbic, acrid, sulfurous, sulphurous, bitter, virulent,
(s) hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters
- blistering sun
blistery,
(s) 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,

Nouns

(n) the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin vesication, vesiculation,

Synonyms

acid caustic vitriolic acerb acerbic acrid sulfurous sulphurous bitter virulent vesication vesiculation blistery red-hot hot

Words of close approximity

blistering agent