sunburn
inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun or a sunlamp.
to affect or be affected with sunburn: An hour in the sun sunburned me severely. I sunburn easily.
Origin of sunburn
1Other words from sunburn
- un·sun·burned, adjective
- un·sun·burnt, adjective
- well-sunburned, adjective
- well-sunburnt, adjective
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How to use sunburn in a sentence
The lovestruck couple arrived home at London's Heathrow airport yesterday, looking severely sunburned.
In order to get that look of being dehydrated in the desert and sunburned, they put glue on my lips.
NCIS’s 11th Anniversary: Michael Weatherly’s Top 10 Moments | Michael Weatherly | September 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI live in Los Angeles now, where a sunburned face is more common in the dead of winter than in New York.
Sunburned and handsome of face and quick of action, Allen attracted every one wherever he went.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle | Laura Lee HopeIn color his skin was dark, sunburned beyond tan, almost to parchment dryness.
The Way of a Man | Emerson Hough
More wishful beseeching must surely have softened a Deity with a sunburned nose and a double chin!
The Cruise of the Shining Light | Norman DuncanHis sunburned face was rather white and he stood very stiff, with muscles braced, looking down at Wilkinson.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossMoose-skin moccasins cased their feet, and their brawny, sunburned necks were bare.
Hudson Bay | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for sunburn
/ (ˈsʌnˌbɜːn) /
inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun: Technical name: erythema solare
another word for suntan
Derived forms of sunburn
- sunburnt or sunburned, adjective
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