blistering

Adjective

• 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
    

• hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters
  • blistering sun
    

• harsh or corrosive in tone
  • 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
    

Noun

• the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hot , red-hot , blistery , vesiculation , vesication