Blistering

/ˈblɪstərɪŋ/ adjective

Extremely hot or intensely painful, or extremely critical and scathing in tone; moving very fast.

From Middle English 'blister,' possibly from Old Norse 'blystre' or related to 'blow' (swelling). The sense expanded from physical blisters to metaphorical intensity.

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