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What is the adjective for sunburn?

What's the adjective for sunburn? Here's the word you're looking for.

Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb sunburn which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

sunburnt
  1. Having a sunburn; having been burned by the sun's rays.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “After spending the entire day at the beach without sunscreen, she returned home with a deep sunburnt complexion, her skin damaged and starting to peel.”
      “She spent all day at the beach and returned home with a beautiful, sunburnt complexion.”
      “It's only the next morning, in daylight for the first time, that I realise his whole body is red raw sunburnt and flaking off all over.”
sunburned
  1. Resembling a sunburn, usually in color.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her sunburned complexion exuded a healthy glow, accentuating her features with an attractive and even suntanned look.”
      “After spending the entire day at the beach without any sunscreen, I ended up with a severe sunburned skin.”
sunburning
  1. present participle of sunburn
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