Thesaurus results for BLISTER

blister

noun

Definition of blister

as in pimple

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Recent Examples of blister The Dodgers' Roki Sasaki allowed four runs on six hits before leaving with a blister with one out in the fourth. — CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026 Medications expire, blister packets get used and never replaced, and adhesive bandages lose their stickiness over time. — Annita Katee, Travel + Leisure, 22 Aug. 2026 Oh, the perverse pleasure of blister popping—applying steady pressure with my thumb until pop! — Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2026 Cabrera’s return was short-lived, as the right-hander is once again dealing with a blister issue on top of more ineffectiveness. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blister

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blister

Noun

The biggest overnight mistakes include sleeping in makeup, skipping moisturizer, over-exfoliating, using SPF as a night cream and picking at pimples in bed.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Blind pimple that never breaks through the skin but causes undue chaos below?

— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of pimple

Noun

The infected children reported a range of skin and soft tissue symptoms, including spots, pustules, blisters, and abscesses.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
This causes small but often painful red pustules that cluster at the places where the hairstyle is pulling the tightest.

— Ayren Jackson-Cannady, Allure, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of pustule

Noun

Many have irregular or pock-marked shapes, while others have a smooth crust from their time burning up in our atmosphere.

— Adam Lark, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
Inoculation involved taking pus from a pock of someone with a not-very-severe case of smallpox, making a cut in the arm of the person to be inoculated, and rubbing the pus into the cut.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 May 2026