blistery

Examples

• All

• The blistery heat of the summer sun made everyone seek shade.

• A blistery wind sweeps across the open fields.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Good morning, morning from a blistery day and go away magic jacket.

• I got a decent base tan without turning into a blistery tomato.

  Fiction book (2002)

• On a blistery afternoon, the pavement felt too hot to walk on without shoes.

Synonyms

H

hot

vsblistery

∞ 1.0

Having a high temperature and able to burn your skin

is more intense and suggests possible skin injury rather than general warmth

S

steamy

vsblistery

13 3.0

Hot and humid, often making you sweat

is hotter in a way that can harm skin, not just damp heat

M

muggy

vsblistery

9 2.6

Warm, sticky air that feels wet and uncomfortable

is stronger, implying heat that can injure skin not merely stickiness

B

blistering

vsblistery

2 5.8

Extremely hot, like strong sun that can burn skin

is more about heat that can damage skin surface directly

T

torrid

vsblistery

2 7.7

Very hot and dry, often uncomfortable for people

is about heat that harms skin rather than dryness

S

sweltering

vsblistery

1 4.8

Weather that is very hot and humid makes you sweat and feel uncomfortable

is more about skin-damaging heat rather than humidity and sweat

S

scorching

vsblistery

3.7

Very hot so you want to find shade and drink water

is about heat that is more likely to injure skin than parch things

S

sweltry

vsblistery

9.1

A very hot and humid feeling that makes you uncomfortable

is about heat that damages skin rather than general humid discomfort

Antonyms

C

cool

608 1.0

A fairly low temperature that feels pleasant

M

mild

107 1.0

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

How Hot

blistery

5.8

scorching

3.7

hot

∞ 1.0

warm

∞ 1.0

cool

608 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology