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Synonyms for blister
ˈblɪs tərblis·ter

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. blisternoun

    Synonyms:
    vesicate, bleb

  2. blisternoun

    To cause blisters to form.

    Synonyms:
    bleb, vesicate

  3. blisterverb

    To criticise severely.

    Synonyms:
    bleb, vesicate

  4. blisternoun

    Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.

    Synonyms:
    vesicate, bleb

  5. blisternoun

    A bubble, as on a painted surface.

    Synonyms:
    bleb

  6. blisternoun

    An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.

    Synonyms:
    bleb

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. blisternoun

    a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)

    Synonyms:
    bleb, bulla

  2. blisternoun

    (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

    Synonyms:
    bleb, bulla

  3. blister, bulla, blebverb

    (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

    Synonyms:
    bleb, bulla

  4. blister, vesicateverb

    get blistered

    "Her feet blistered during the long hike"

    Synonyms:
    scald, whip, vesicate

  5. blister, scald, whipverb

    subject to harsh criticism

    "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community"

    Synonyms:
    whip, whisk, scald, rack up, mop up, trounce, vesicate, flog, lash, pip, lather, welt, worst, slash, strap

  6. blisterverb

    cause blisters to form on

    "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet"

    Synonyms:
    scald, whip, vesicate

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. blisternoun

    Synonyms:
    vesicle, pustule, blain

  2. blisternoun

    Synonyms:
    vesicatory, blistering plaster

  3. blisterverb

    Synonyms:
    raise blisters on

  4. blisterverb

    Synonyms:
    rise in blisters

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 2 votes

  1. blisternoun

    Synonyms:
    vesicle, pustule, pustulation, bleb, vesicatory, vesicant, epispastic, pustulant

  2. blisterverb

    Synonyms:
    vesicate, pustulate

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "blister":

    vesicular, bulb, vesicle, ampoule

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How to use blister in a sentence?

  1. National Intelligence James Clapper:

    Chemical weapons continue to pose a threat in Syria and Iraq, iSIL has also used toxic chemicals in Iraq and Syria, including the blister agent Sulfur Mustard. ( It's) the first time an extremist group has produced and used a chemical warfare agent in an attack since Aum Shinrikyo used sarin in Japan in 1995.

  2. Tony Robbins:

    It’s so ridiculous. There is no difference between this event and any one I’ve done in [ 39 ] years except the reporting, at every event I do about one half of 1 percent of the people get a hot spot or a blister.

  3. Aristophanes, Wasps, 422 B.C.:

    This is what extremely grieves us, that a man who never foughtShould contrive our fees to pilfer, on who for his native landNever to this day had oar, or lance, or blister in his hand.

  4. Jess Kensky:

    I thought it would be like getting back on the bike again, but it wasn’t, but I should progress faster this time. Still, my mobility feels very fragile. Before, I was young and healthy and fit and hearty. Now it takes one little blister or something not fitting well that takes me back again.

  5. Jon Gosselin:

    It was really weird because when I looked at my leg I realized it was twice the size and there's a red-looking blister with a large red circle around it.


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