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Word entry · 8 letters

sunburnt

Best crossword clue

"Overexposed outdoors"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsʌn.bɝnt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted bnnrstuuStarts with SEnds with T1 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2U3N4B5U6R7N8T

Definitions

  1. suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • He 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 […]

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