sunburn
[suhn-burn]
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.
Origin of sunburn
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Contemporary Examples of sunburnt
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 of sunburnt
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
noun
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sunburn
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sunburn
[sŭn′bûrn′]
n.
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