What is another word for blister ?

A small bubble on the skin filled with serum and caused by friction, burning, or other damage

tumor^US

tumour^UK

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“Some chemicals make the area blister and cause the wart to fall off.”

Noun

A swelling filled with air or fluid on the surface of a plant, heated metal, painted wood, etc

tumour^UK

tumor^US

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“Mark the blister with spray paint and monitor it as part of the roofs routine maintenance.”

Noun

burr under someone's saddle

Something that causes irritation or frustration

source of aggravation

offense^US

offence^UK

thorn in someone's side

thorn in someone's flesh

burr in someone's saddle

blot on the landscape

trials and tribulations

chip on your shoulder

rigor^US

rigour^UK

a thorn in someone's flesh

a thorn in someone's side

labor^US

labour^UK

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Noun

Cold sore

herpes simplex lesion

oral herpes

vesicle

Noun

A small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something

blot on the landscape

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Noun

A (typically spherical) cavity containing air or gas

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Verb

To have or cause to have blisters

swell

“The affected skin turns red and may blister.”

Verb

To break out in blisters

Verb

To criticize or oppose fiercely and publicly

attack

give someone a bollocking

pummel^US

reprehend

roast

slash

belabour^UK

belabor^US

bite someone's head off

rap over the knuckles

snap someone's head off

give someone a bad press

give someone a roasting

give someone a rocket

give someone a rollicking

jump down one's throat

give someone a dressing-down

give someone a telling-off

give someone an earful

slap down

give someone a caning

give someone a wigging

give someone a mouthful

give someone a row

blow up at

give someone some stick

send someone away with a flea in their ear

slap on the wrist

put someone on the hot seat

give someone what for

crawl all over

put on the mat

pin someone's ears back

put someone on the griddle

give someone a rating

give someone a carpeting

satirize^US

satirise^UK

penalize^US

penalise^UK

rap someone the knuckles

give a piece of one's mind

rap someone over the knuckles

bring someone to book

kick up a stink about

come down on like a ton of bricks

mete out punishment to

give something a bad press

give a going over

express disapproval of

slap someone on the wrist

ostracise^UK

ostracize^US

rap someone's knuckles

teach someone a lesson

beat the living daylights out of

make a fuss about

do down

tear to shreds

give someone a hiding

give a tongue-lashing

threap

take disciplinary action against

moralise^UK

moralize^US

jump down someone's throat

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

give piece of mind

have words

give tongue-lashing

give somebody a piece of one's mind

lather

prosecute

blacken someone's reputation

discount

rap across the knuckles

give something a battering

weigh into

do a hatchet job on

give someone bondi

take somebody to task

have someone on the carpet

send someone away with a flea in his

beat the living daylights out of someone

terrorize^US

terrorise^UK

give someone a good hiding

make a protest against

complain vociferously about

disagree violently with

oppose strongly

put up a fight against

kick against

complain bitterly about

take a stand against

speak out against

kick up

take great exception to

sermonize^US

sermonise^UK

award a penalty against

give someone the works

have someone's guts for garters

give the cat o'nine tails

bellyache about

take exception

complain vehemently about

beef about

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Verb

To make hurtful and untrue comments about

scandalize^US

scandalise^UK

run a smear campaign against

drag through the mire

sully the reputation of

blacken the character of

drag someone's name through the mud

pummel^US

conduct a smear campaign against

demonize^US

blacken the reputation of

hit out at

lay into

cause offence to

demonise^UK

sully someone's reputation

hurt someone's feelings

treat disrespectfully

blacken someone's name

blacken name

defame someone's character

trivialize^US

write false reports about

trivialise^UK

drag name through mud

drag someone's name through the mire

marginalize^US

marginalise^UK

appal^UK

appall^US

blacken someone's reputation

lay down the law

pique

vex

raise eyebrows amongst

blackball

cause raised eyebrows

cause a few raised eyebrows amongst

dismay

irk

taint someone's name

tarnish someone's name

injure the reputation of

blacken someone's character

stain someone's good name

make someone's hackles rise

put someone's back up

ruffle someone's feathers

raise someone's hackles

give the cold shoulder

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Verb

To take violent or aggressive action against

beat the living daylights out of

pummel^US

belabour^UK

belabor^US

give someone a beating

bite someone's head off

jump down someone's throat

terrorize^US

terrorise^UK

lose one's temper with

conduct an offensive on

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Verb

Come or fall away from a surface in flakes

molt^US

moult^UK

Verb

Become burnt when exposed to heat or a flame

cauterize^US

cauterise^UK

discolour^UK

carbonize^US

carbonise^UK

discolor^US

remove the moisture from

fossilize^US

fossilise^UK

smolder^US

smoulder^UK

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Verb

To diminish or take credit from

discount

undervalue

underrate

trivialise^UK

trivialize^US

marginalize^US

marginalise^UK

make someone a laughing stock

satirize^US

take the mickey out of

satirise^UK

refuse to acknowledge

look down one's nose at

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

make a laughing-stock

treat something lightly

take with a pinch of salt

put out of one's mind

turn one's nose up at

damage someone's reputation

drag through the mire

ruin the reputation of

destroy someone's credibility

bring into disfavour

show in a bad light

blacken someone's name

chill

hate

abominate

be contemptuous about

look down your nose at

turn your nose up at

turn up one's nose at

laugh something off

lout

do a number on

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Verb

To injure a person's dignity and self-respect

make someone eat humble pie

make someone eat crow

put out of countenance

take down a peg or two

take the wind out of someone's sails

settle someone's hash

put someone in their place

demoralize^US

demoralise^UK

drag through the mire

bastardize^US

appal^UK

bastardise^UK

appall^US

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

knock the stuffing out of

make someone feel ashamed

have the last laugh on

desensitize^US

brutalize^US

dehumanize^US

scandalize^US

dehumanise^UK

desensitise^UK

brutalise^UK

get one's comeuppance

scandalise^UK

force to eat humble pie

debunk

abandon one's principles

let wind out of sails

take the wind out of somebody's sails

cause to be at a stand

put someone off their stroke

put someone off their stride

make someone scratch their head

set someone back on their heels

bring someone to their knees

give someone the blues

pummel^US

damage someone's reputation

ruin the reputation of

pooh-pooh

bring into disfavour

blacken someone's name

destroy someone's credibility

damage the reputation of

discolour^UK

discolor^US

harm the reputation of

muddy the reputation of

ravage

blacken the reputation of

drag someone's name through the mud

deform

lie about

blacken the character of

run a smear campaign against

trivialize^US

blemish the reputation of

tarnish the reputation of

trivialise^UK

become a stain of the escutcheon of

become a blot of the escutcheon of

backbite

give offence to

raise eyebrows amongst

blackball

cause raised eyebrows

lampoon

cause a few raised eyebrows amongst

categorize^US

categorise^UK

be a blot on the landscape

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Verb

To strike or hit repeatedly

beat the living daylights out of

pummel^US

belabour^UK

belabor^US

give someone a hiding

spank

give someone a good hiding

knock into the middle of next week

give someone a drubbing

give someone a beating

maltreat

give someone a good beating

give someone a good drubbing

pulverize^US

win a resounding victory over

pulverise^UK

bring someone to their knees

blow out of the water

dust someone's britches

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

penalize^US

terrorize^US

terrorise^UK

penalise^UK

victimize^US

victimise^UK

jump down one's throat

send

give the cat o'nine tails

beat the living daylights out of someone

discolour^UK

traumatize^US

traumatise^UK

discolor^US

demonize^US

demonise^UK

make things hot for someone

discriminate against

punish unfairly

get on someone's back

rain something down on

come into collision with

mete out punishment to

bring someone to book

teach someone a lesson

bring to book

make an example of

give it to someone

rap someone's knuckles

give someone what for

give someone the works

come down on like a ton of bricks

give a going-over

teach a lesson

have someone's guts for garters

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Verb

weigh heavily on someone's mind

To grow worse and increasingly hostile

smoulder^UK

smolder^US

eat away at one's mind

be a weight on someone's mind

antagonize^US

antagonise^UK

give someone the hump

drive round the twist

get on one's nerves

make your blood boil

get on someone's nerves

get your back up

put your back up

get in someone's hair

perturb

get someone's back up

ruffle someone's feathers

disgust

burn

get up someone's nose

make waves

get under one's skin

make someone's blood boil

give a hard time

make someone's hackles rise

get under someone's skin

raise someone's hackles

get on someone's wick

put someone's back up

try someone's patience

get someone's dander up

be on your back

rub you up the wrong way

rattle someone's cage

put someone's nose out of joint

scandalize^US

set one's teeth on edge

grill

be a thorn in someone's side

cross

scandalise^UK

give someone grief

make your hackles rise

make rancorous

turn off

be a pain in the neck

whip up

get on somebody's nerves

ruffle one's feathers

rub one the wrong way

cavil

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

push someon's buttons

put your nose out of joint

drive you up the wall

get someone's hackles up

be a thorn in someone's flesh

appal^UK

be like a red rag to a bull

appall^US

wrong

drive you to distraction

make livid

drive you out of your mind

drive you off your head

drive out of mind

make somebody's blood boil

drive you round the twist

drive somebody up the wall

drive you round the bend

colour^UK

color^US

give the cold shoulder

become covered with condensation

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