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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
blistering
the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
• Syn:
vesiculation, vesication
• Derivationally related forms:
vesicate (for: vesication), vesiculate (for: vesiculation)
• Hypernyms:
organic process, biological process
1. harsh or corrosive in tone (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
acerb, acerbic, acid, acrid, bitter,
caustic, sulfurous, sulphurous, virulent, vitriolic
• Similar to:
unpleasant
• Derivationally related forms:
vitriol (for: vitriolic), virulency (for: virulent), virulence (for: virulent), bitterness (for: bitter), acridness (for: acrid), acridity (for: acrid), acerbity (for: acerbic)
2. hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters (Freq. 1)
- blistering sun
• Syn:
blistery
• Similar to:
hot
3. 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
• Syn:
hot, red-hot
• Similar to:
fast
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