Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sunburnt

/ˈsʌn.bɝnt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: sun-burnt
IPA: /ˈsʌn.bɝnt/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a sunburn or dark tan; having been burned by the sun's rays.

adj

Dried out by the sun's rays.

adj

Subject to the strong heat and/or light of the sun.

adj

Resembling a sunburn in color.

verb

simple past and past participle of sunburn

Example Sentences

"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 […]"
"His face was sunburned bright red, and the skin of his ears was peeling."
"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"

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sunne brente

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsʌn.bɝnt/

Inflected Forms

more sunburnt (comparative) most sunburnt (superlative) sunburned (alternative)

Derived Forms

sunburntness unsunburnt

Synonyms

sunburned

Questions

How do you pronounce sunburnt?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌn.bɝnt/.
What does sunburnt mean?: Having a sunburn or dark tan; having been burned by the sun's rays.
Where does sunburnt come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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