Definition

1. 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

1. suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight