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blistered

blistered

3.1
Having small raised areas on the skin filled with fluid from rubbing
  • adjective
  • /ˈblɪstərd/
translation icon : ampollado
  • She had to stop running because her feet were blistered from the new shoes.

And the belt was just rubbing on an open wound and the feet are blistered.

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Examples

  • The gardener's hands were blistered from working with the rough soil all day.

  • After walking for hours on the hot pavement, my heels are blistered and painful.

  • For those unlucky enough to be exposed, it made the air impossible to breathe, burned their eyes and caused huge blisters on exposed skin.

  • And to what end is what terrifies me, as after the hike, I try with salve to soothe the blisters that deepen and weep weird clear fluid.

  • That's me, the warrior, the hero of Stockhard, the knight of the Missourian swamps, hobbling in blistered Jack boots with a service cap cocked on the back of my head.

Synonyms

bullous
vsblistered
  • Specialized
1 9.8

Having large blisters on the skin or inside the mouth

is the general term for fluid-filled raised areas regardless of size
blistery
vsblistered
  • Specialized
5.8

Having many small painful bubbles on the skin

is broader, applying to fluid-filled bumps of any size
blebby
vsblistered
9.9

Covered with many small blisters and bubble-like bumps on the surface

is more general, not limited to small bubble-like bumps
blebbed
vsblistered
  • Specialized
9.6

Cells that have small round bumps on their surface

is used for skin-level fluid-filled bumps, not tiny membrane protrusions

Antonyms

304 3.7

Whole and not damaged or missing any parts

7 1.8

Not hurt physically

How Damaged

infected
5 3.3
raw
46 3.8
blistered
3.1
red
380 1.0
uninjured
7 1.8

Surface Forms

blistered positive

Morphology

blistered = blister (transparent) = blister + ed

Standard participial/adjectival formation from the verb 'blister' indicating a surface affected by blisters.

Etymology

Blistered comes from an old word for a 'bubble' and even the Latin word bulla meant 'bubble', so you can think of a little water balloon on the skin. That's why blistered skin or surfaces have raised areas filled with liquid after injury, heat, or irritation.