Synonyms

adust

American

[uh-duhst] / əˈdʌst /

adjective

dried or darkened as by heat.
burned; scorched.
Archaic. gloomy in appearance or mood.

adust British

/ əˈdʌst /

adjective

dried up or darkened by heat; burnt or scorched
gloomy or melancholy

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Etymology

Origin of adust

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin adustus (past participle of adūrere ), equivalent to ad- ad- + us- (base of ūrere to burn) + -tus past participle suffix

Example Sentences

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Adust, a-dust′, adj. burnt up or scorched; browned with the sun.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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