sunburn
[suhn-burn]
- inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun or a sunlamp.
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- to affect or be affected with sunburn: An hour in the sun sunburned me severely. I sunburn easily.
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Origin of sunburn
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Examples from the Web for sunburnt
Contemporary Examples
By day's end, you were bone dry, sunburnt and cut all over from corn burn.
Set in a castle in the Italian town of Montale, the novel is mostly something of a sunburnt idyll by the pool.
Historical Examples
George's colour mounted high in his sunburnt, freckled cheek.
Two Penniless PrincessesCharlotte M. Yonge
Then, very gently, he laid one sunburnt hand upon her shoulder.
The Golden WomanRidgwell Cullum
They had not had time to get sunburnt, as those of fish earlier arrived at Clemente.
Tales of FishesZane Grey
He was sunburnt; but his countenance was noble and manly, and marked with self-reliance.
Winning His WayCharles Carleton Coffin
She looked at the boyish, interested, sunburnt face so near to her own, and hesitated.
Devil's FordBret Harte
sunburn
- inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sunTechnical name: erythema solare
- another word for suntan
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Word Origin and History for sunburnt
sunburn
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
sunburn
(sŭn′bûrn′)- Inflammation and erythema of the skin, often with blistering, caused by overexposure to the ultraviolet rays of direct sunlight.
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