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sunburned

sunburned

12 1.0
Skin that is red and painful after too much sun
  • adjective
  • /ˈsʌnˌbɜrnd/
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  • After a long day at the beach, my skin was badly sunburned and sensitive to touch.
  • sunburned skin
  • sunburned face
  • sunburned nose

I find that it's the perfect peachy but also sunburnt look in one product.

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Examples

  • The driver's door opened, and a young, sunburned man got out and sauntered toward them.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • His scalp was sunburned and his lips were chapped; the bottom one had bled onto his teeth.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Just got pretty sunburned on top.

  • The pool itself, however, is still full of warm spring water and still teams with sunburned tourists.

  • The feeling of salt water on your sunburned legs.

  • I'm just a little sunburned.

  • Your hands are sunburned, aren't they?

  • Right now I am so sunburned I can't even move my legs.

  • All I can think of is all of these sunburned kids 'cause nobody remembered to bring sunscreen.

  • I had a group of twelve sunburned fishermen in from an all-day fishing party.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

inflamed
vssunburned
  • Literature
1 4.1

Very red and bright, as if lit by fire

is usually a less intense sun caused redness rather than burning
reddened
vssunburned
1 3.6

Skin and eyes that are red from crying, exercise, or irritation

is redness from too much sun exposure and often includes pain
erythematosus
vssunburned
  • Specialized
9.9

Having red, inflamed skin that looks sore after irritation

is redness caused by ultraviolet exposure and often painful

Antonyms

1 2.0

Kept safe from harm or danger

How Severe

scarred
5 3.9
blistered
3.1
sunburned
12 1.0
reddened
1 3.6

Surface Forms

sunburned positive
sunburnt positive

Morphology

sunburned = sunburn (transparent) = sun + ed

Formed from the noun 'sunburn' plus the adjective-forming '-ed'; the meaning 'having a sunburn' is directly inferable.

Etymology

Sunburned is just sun + burn. It means skin 'burned' by the sun's rays, so it becomes red and sore.