blistering
/blˈɪstɚɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.98 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Very hot.
adj
adj
Example Sentences
- "I waited in the blistering cold for two hours just to be stood up again."
- "Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities."
- "Messi showed some of the old touches while Mbappe demonstrated his blistering pace and eye for goal but Neymar was disappointing, too easily shrugged off the ball and missing a great chance to restore PSG's lead."
- "Inflammations are treated generally by allopathic practitioners by bleedings, blisterings, purgings, vomitings, Antimony and Mercury: and this is practised, more or less, with little variation, wherever the seat of the inflammation may be."
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.