sunburn

[ suhn-burn ]

/ ˈsʌnˌbɜrn /

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noun

inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun or a sunlamp.

verb (used with or without object), sun·burned or sun·burnt, sun·burn·ing.

to affect or be affected with sunburn: An hour in the sun sunburned me severely. I sunburn easily.

RELATED WORDS

brown, burned, adust, suntanned

Nearby words

Origin of sunburn

First recorded in 1520–30; sun + burn¹

Related formsun·sun·burned, adjectiveun·sun·burnt, adjectivewell-sun·burned, adjectivewell-sun·burnt, adjective

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Examples from the Web for sunburnt

By day's end, you were bone dry, sunburnt and cut all over from corn burn.
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Set in a castle in the Italian town of Montale, the novel is mostly something of a sunburnt idyll by the pool.
Martin Amis' Sexual Revolution|Olivia Cole|May 10, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The sunburnt face, puckered with a wry wistfulness, was only comic in its incongruous coat of grease.
No Hero|E.W. Hornung
We went down to bathe stark naked, with the sunset glowing orange on our sunburnt limbs.
At Suvla Bay|John Hargrave

His nose expected an odor of pine and wet ground; instead there was a faint parched perfume of burning wood and sunburnt clay.
Beginners Luck|Emily Hahn
"Excuse mine," he answered, exhibiting his sunburnt, work-stained hand.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867.|Various
His blue eyes are just as merry, and his frank, fearless face as sunburnt, as when we first made his acquaintance on the pier.
Charlie Scott|Unknown

British Dictionary definitions for sunburnt

sunburn

/ (ˈsʌnˌbɜːn) /

noun

inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sunTechnical name: erythema solare

another word for suntan

Derived Formssunburnt or sunburned, adjective

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Word Origin and History for sunburnt

sunburn

1520s, from sun (n.) + burn (v.). Sunburnt (c.1400) is older than sunburned (c.1500, sunne y-brent). As a noun from 1650s.

Medicine definitions for sunburnt

sunburn

[ sŭn′bûrn′ ]

n.

Inflammation and erythema of the skin, often with blistering, caused by overexposure to the ultraviolet rays of direct sunlight.

Related formssun′burn′ v.