burny
- adjective
- /ˈbɜrni/
- US
:
quemado
- The over-roasted beans gave the coffee a burny aftertaste that lingered.
Examples
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He wrinkled his nose at the burny smell coming from the toaster.
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The soup had a slightly burny flavor after being left on the stove too long.
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This toast is too burny to eat.
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The sauce has a burny flavor from overcooking.
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The soup had a burny taste because it was cooked too long.
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After roasting the marshmallows, they developed a burny flavor that's hard to resist.
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She wrinkled her nose at the burny odor of the charred toast.
Synonyms
17
2.7
Having a taste of smoke from wood or fire
14
1.0
Having a brown, crisp surface from heat, like bread
3
2.4
Slightly warm and tasting like warm crisp bread
Food that is overcooked and often tastes bitter
To burn something lightly on the surface
Cooked quickly at very high heat to make a brown crust, like on steak
Antonyms
Compounds
How Burnt
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Burny comes from burn ('to burn or char') with the ending -y ('like' or 'full of'), so imagine burnt toast or overcooked coffee that smells or tastes charred. That's why burny describes a taste or smell that is like something burnt.