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blistering adjective [ ˈblɪstərɪŋ ]

• (of heat) intense.
• "the blistering heat of the desert"
Similar: intense, extreme, ferocious, fierce, acute, strong, very great, scorching, searing, flaming, blazing (hot), baking (hot), burning, fiery, torrid, parching, withering, boiling, boiling hot, sizzling, roasting, sweltering,
Opposite: icy,

blister verb

• form blisters on the skin or other surface.
• "the surface of the door began to blister"
Origin: Middle English: perhaps from Old French blestre ‘swelling, pimple’.


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