Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb blister

3 senses of blister

Sense 1
blister, vesicate -- (get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike")
       => swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce -- (expand abnormally; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling")

Sense 2
blister, scald, whip -- (subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community")
       => attack, round, assail, lash out, snipe, assault -- (attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker")

Sense 3
blister -- (cause blisters to form on; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")