windburned

1 5.4

Skin that is red and sore after being in strong wind

adjective
/ˈwɪndˌbɜrnd/

: quemado por el viento

After hiking in the mountains all day, her skin looked windburned from the chilly breeze.

Examples

She's sunburned, windburned, sandburned, chapped and chafed, bloody and soggy.

Fiction book (1997)
His cheeks were red and windburned after spending the day at the beach.
The fisherman returned with a windburned face, a sign of his long hours on the open sea.

Synonyms

red

vswindburned

64 1.0

Having skin that looks like the color of blood from heat or strong feeling

is caused specifically by prolonged exposure to moving air

reddened

vswindburned

3 3.6

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

is caused specifically by prolonged exposure to moving air

inflamed

vswindburned

Literature

1 4.1

Very red and bright, as if lit by fire

is milder irritation caused by prolonged exposure to moving air

How Irritated

blistered

3 3.1

raw

26 3.8

windburned

1 5.4

chapped

13 2.7

unaffected

32 3.9

Surface Forms

windburned positive

Morphology

windburned = windburn (transparent) = wind + burn + ed

Formed from the noun 'windburn' with the regular adjectival/resultative suffix '-ed', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Windburned comes from the two simple words wind ('moving air') and burn ('to hurt or damage the skin'). So, it pictures the wind 'burning' your face and explains the red, sore skin after being in strong wind.