Sunburnt

//ˈsʌn.bɝnt// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of sunburn form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a sunburn or dark tan; having been burned by the sun's rays.

    "You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary, / Come hither from the furrow and be merry:"

  2. 2
    Dried out by the sun's rays.

    "1753, Arthur Murphy, The Gray’s-Inn Journal, No. 53, 20 October, 1753, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, Volume 2, p. 191, The barren Heath, and the Sun-burnt craggy Soil appear with all those Softenings to the Eye, which Distance throws upon a Landscape;"

  3. 3
    Subject to the strong heat and/or light of the sun.

    "So my dear Charles, you are at length […] arrived in our little sun-burnt island?"

  4. 4
    Resembling a sunburn in color.

    "The van was painted a sunburnt brown."

Adjective
  1. 1
    suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
sunburnedsunburned

Example

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"Due to the intense sunlight, his back was sunburnt."

Etymology

From Middle English sunne brente, equivalent to sun + burnt.

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