sunburnt

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sunburnt

/ˈsʌn.bɝnt/ US

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From Middle English sunne brente, equivalent to sun + burnt.

adjective more sunburnt · most sunburnt · sunburned

of human skin Having a sunburn or dark tan; having been burned by the sun's rays. You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary, / Come hither from the furrow and be merry:
of plants and other objects Dried out by the sun's rays. 1753, Arthur Murphy, The Gray’s-Inn Journal, No. 53, 20 October, 1753, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, Volume 2, p. 191, The barren Heath, and the Sun-burnt craggy Soil appear with all those Softenings to the Eye, which Distance throws upon a Landscape;
of places or objects Subject to the strong heat and/or light of the sun. So my dear Charles, you are at length […] arrived in our little sun-burnt island?
Resembling a sunburn in color. The van was painted a sunburnt brown.

verb sunburned

participle, past simple past and past participle of sunburn

Translations

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adj having a sunburn; having been burned by the sun's rays

Deutsch	sonnenverbrannt
Tiếng Việt	cháy nắng

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@misc{sunburnt_2026,
  title = {sunburnt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sunburnt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}