chilblained

Thân thiện

Her poor chilblained hands were red and swollen from the cold.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Affected by chilblains: Describes a condition where the skin, typically on fingers, toes, ears, or nose, is inflamed, swollen, and sore due to exposure to cold and damp conditions.

Usage

• The adjective chilblained is used to describe a body part that is suffering from chilblains. It is typically used attributively (before a noun) or predicatively (after a linking verb like 'was' or 'felt').

Examples

• Adjective:
  • She warmed her chilblained fingers by the fire.
  • After the long winter hike, his feet were chilblained and painful.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Use: Often used in a descriptive or medical context to specify the cause of the physical discomfort.
  • The doctor examined the patient's chilblained toes.

Variants and Related Words

• Chilblains (noun): The painful, itchy swellings on the skin caused by cold.
  • Walking in the snow gave him chilblains.

Synonyms

• Frost-nipped: Slightly damaged by frost (less severe and specific than chilblained).
• Perniotic: A formal or medical term relating to or affected by chilblains (perniosis).

Antonyms

• Warm: Having or giving out a moderate degree of heat.
• Healthy: In good physical condition; free from illness or injury.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having chilblains
   • her poor chilblained hands