blistering
Skin-bubble-raising hot
Blistering describes intense heat or speed—the kind that could raise blisters on skin.
A blistering sun beats down mercilessly; a blistering pace pushes physical limits.
The word extends to verbal attacks: blistering criticism or a blistering rebuke scorches its target with severity.
As a participle of blister, it can also describe skin that is literally forming blisters: Her hands were blistering from the burn.
Extremely hot, burning
- searingBrowning with intense heat
- burningCombustion in progress
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- scaldingExtremely hot, burning
broiling · roasting · blazing · fiery · parching · sultry · oppressive · torrid
Speedy, or skip eating
- rapidMoving with haste
- quickMoving with speed
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- blazingBurning very brightly
breakneck · swift · whirlwind · furious · scorching · meteoric · relentless · sprint
Severely and bitingly critical
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- savageFierce and untamed
- witheringDrying and declining
searing · excoriating · fierce · brutal · merciless · cutting · vitriolic · damning
Damage by heat
- weltRaised skin injury
- rashHeedless or skin irritation
- chafingIrritation from friction
- abrasionShallow surface wound
rawness · sore · inflammation · irritation · sunburn · peeling · redness · friction
Violently intense or aggressive
- ferociousExtremely violent or aggressive
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- furiousExtremely angry
- intenseExtreme in degree
explosive · powerful · overwhelming · unrelenting · forceful · vigorous · passionate · vehement
scorching
Extremely hot, burning
- searingBrowning with intense heat
- burningCombustion in progress
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
scalding · broiling · roasting · blazing · fiery · parching · sultry · oppressive · torrid · stifling
fast
Speedy, or skip eating
blazing · breakneck · swift · whirlwind · furious · scorching · meteoric · relentless · sprint · pace
scathing
Severely and bitingly critical
- causticChemically burning; bitterly mocking
- harshUnpleasantly severe or rough
- savageFierce and untamed
withering · searing · excoriating · fierce · brutal · merciless · cutting · vitriolic · damning · devastating
burn
Damage by heat
abrasion · rawness · sore · inflammation · irritation · sunburn · peeling · redness · friction · tender
fierce
Violently intense or aggressive
- ferociousExtremely violent or aggressive
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- furiousExtremely angry
intense · explosive · powerful · overwhelming · unrelenting · forceful · vigorous · passionate · vehement · ardent
- toxic symptomsswelling, pain, numbness, paralysis, seizures
- tissue responsesinflammation, swelling, redness, scarring, fibrosis
- grillinggrill, searing, gas grill, charring, coals
- racingrace, racing, race track, racetrack, lap
- symptomsfever, headache, pain, nausea, rash
- cooking methodsfrying, boiling, baking, grilling, roasting