sunburned
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having skin that is reddened, sore, and often peeling due to excessive exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This describes the condition resulting from a sunburn.
Usage
- The adjective sunburned is used to describe a person or a part of their body.
- It typically follows a linking verb like , , or (e.g., "I am sunburned") or comes directly before a noun (e.g., "his sunburned shoulders").
- It describes the state or result of the overexposure.
Examples
- Adjective:
- After a day at the beach without sunscreen, she returned home sunburned and uncomfortable.
- He applied aloe vera to his sunburned nose.
- My back feels sunburned from working in the garden all afternoon.
Advanced Usage
- "to get sunburned": This is a common phrase describing the process of becoming sunburned.
- You will get sunburned quickly at high altitudes.
- "severely sunburned": Used to emphasize a serious case of sunburn.
- The hikers were severely sunburned after their trek.
Variants and Related Words
- Sunburn (noun): The painful condition itself.
- She has a bad sunburn on her shoulders.
- Sunburnt (adjective): A common variant spelling, identical in meaning to "sunburned."
- His arms were sunburnt.
- Sunburning (present participle/gerund): The process of getting a sunburn.
- Avoid sunburning by using protective clothing.
Synonyms
- Sunburnt: Having a sunburn (a direct spelling variant).
- Suntanned: This describes skin darkened by the sun but typically without the painful, reddened quality of a sunburn. It is a related but distinct state.
- Reddened: A more general term for skin that has turned red, which could be from sun, wind, or irritation.
Related Phrases
- Peeling from sunburn: Refers to the subsequent stage where damaged skin flakes off.
- Her sunburned skin is now peeling.
- Risk of sunburn: The likelihood of getting sunburned.
- Fair-skinned people have a higher risk of sunburn.
Adjective
- suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight