sunburnt
Collocations
5ADJ.
likely
VERB + SUNBURNT
back, don't, face, get, got, want
SUNBURNT + NOUN
august, sicklemen, wheat-colour
PREP.
after, on
ADV.
badly
Definitions
adj
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:
[…] I must beg leave to say for my self, that I am as fair as most of my Sex and Country, and very little sun-burnt by my Travels.
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;
the well-remembered dusty road and sun-burnt fields
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?
[…] when distances are obscured by mist […] the foreground assumes all its loveliest hues, the grass and foliage revive into their perfect green, and every sunburnt rock glows into an agate.
Resembling a sunburn in color.
The van was painted a sunburnt brown.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight
- sunburned
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6You sunburnt sicklemen, of August weary, / Come hither from the furrow and be merry:
Wiktionary[…] I must beg leave to say for my self, that I am as fair as most of my Sex and Country, and very little sun-burnt by my Travels.
WiktionaryHe looked and smelt like Autumn’s very brother, his face being sunburnt to wheat-colour, his eyes blue as corn-flowers, his sleeves and leggings dyed with fruit-stains […]
WiktionaryDue to the intense sunlight, his back was sunburnt.
Tatoeba · #19230If you spend too long in the sun without sunscreen, you're likely to get sunburnt.
Tatoeba · #9930298I got sunburnt after riding my motorcycle at midday.
Tatoeba · #10126595