blister

/blˈɪstɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. get blistered
   “Her feet blistered during the long hike”
2. subject to harsh criticism
   “The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday”
3. cause blisters to form on
   “the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet”

noun

1. a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
2. (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
3. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

Synonyms for blister

• vesicate
• scald
• whip
• bulla
• bleb

Words that rhyme with blister

• lister
• sister
• twister
• resistor
• stepsister
• transistor
• brister
• fister
• hyster
• istre
• kister
• lyster
• pfister
• pistor
• rister