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acerb
acerbic
acid
acrid
bitter
caustic
sulfurous
sulphurous
venomous
virulent
vitriolic
blistery
vesiculation
vesication
hot
red-hot
scathing
scalding
vituperative
vesicate
blistering
adj
harsh or corrosive in tone:
"an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose"
hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters:
"blistering sun"
very fast:
"a blistering pace"
marked by harshly abusive criticism:
"his scathing remarks about silly lady novelists"
noun
the formation of vesicles
verb
get blistered:
"Her feet blistered during the long hike"
subject to harsh criticism:
"The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"
cause blisters to from on:
"the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"
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