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blistering

blistering

2 5.8
Extremely hot, like strong sun that can burn skin
  • adjective
  • /ˈblɪstərɪŋ/
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  • On our hike, we struggled with the blistering heat, which made the steep trail even more challenging.
  • blistering hot
  • blistering heat
  • a blistering afternoon

Examples

  • Notably, the most blistering, record-breaking heat was concentrated in the middle of the country, an area that not coincidentally experienced record-setting drought this summer.

    Blog text (1)

  • His funeral was on a blistering hot August afternoon

    Wild Bill (1995)

  • So rain, shine, snow, or just blistering heat, this thing is ready to go.

  • The hot, blistering summer of 1977.

    Summer of Sam (1999)

  • So it wasn't like blistering heat down in San Diego.

  • She was wearing her last pair of undarned silk stockings, which on such a blistering day had been an awful mistake.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The man extends his right hand to guard his eyes, as if he were exiting a cozy homestead into a blistering snowstorm.

    Academic text (2000)

  • He thought of the job sites he'd experienced: mudslides, floods, blistering heat, petty vandalism, and sabotage.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Finally, after the Americans had spent more than five hours in the blistering heat of the vault, Pakistani troops arrived from their headquarters in Rawalpindi, not half an hour's drive from the embassy, and the crowds melted away.

    Blog text (11)

  • I could barely walk outside in the blistering heat of noon without feeling faint.

Synonyms

hot
vsblistering
∞ 1.0

Having a high temperature and able to burn your skin

is much more intense and likely to cause skin burns or injury
sizzling
vsblistering
3 3.4

Very hot and making a hissing sound

is hotter and stresses actual skin harm rather than a sound
hotter than a pistol
vsblistering
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Being very active and popular right now

is primarily about dangerous physical heat that can burn or injure skin
blistery
vsblistering
5.8

Very hot and likely to burn the skin

is the common adjective form rather than the alternate ending
searing
vsblistering
4.1

A very hot burning pain that hurts a lot

is hotter and more likely to cause skin damage than this term
scorching
vsblistering
3.7

Very hot so you want to find shade and drink water

is more likely to burn skin rather than only parch or dry
to burnin'
vsblistering
  • UK
9.0

Giving a hot, stinging feeling in the mouth or on the skin

is focused on extreme physical heat that can injure skin rather than spice

Antonyms

cool
608 1.0

A fairly low temperature that feels pleasant

mild
107 1.0

Something like pain and criticism that is not very strong or serious

Compounds

blistering agent
  • NSFW
9.9

A harmful chemical that causes severe blisters on skin and damages eyes and lungs, often used as a weapon

How Hot

blistering
2 5.8
scorching
3.7
hot
∞ 1.0
warm
∞ 1.0
cool
608 1.0

Surface Forms

blistering positive
blisteringer comparative
blisteringest superlative

Morphology

blistering = blister (transparent) = blister + ing

Adjective describing heat intense enough to cause blisters, a straightforward extension of the verb meaning.

Etymology

The word blistering for extreme heat comes from blister, since strong heat can 'burn' the skin and cause a blister, so blistering heat means extremely hot and able to cause burns.