Synonyms of the word sunburn


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sunburn

  • n. A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays.
  • v. (intransitive) To receive a sunburn.
  • v. (transitive) To burn or discolour by the sun; to tan.

burn

  • n. A physical injury caused by heat, cold, electricity, radiation or caustic chemicals.
  • n. A sensation resembling such an injury.
  • n. The act of burning something.
  • n. (slang) An intense non-physical sting, as left by shame or an effective insult.
  • n. (slang) An effective insult, often in the expression sick burn (excellent or badass insult).
  • n. Physical sensation in the muscles following strenuous exercise, caused by build-up of lactic acid.
  • n. (Britain, chiefly prison slang) tobacco.
  • n. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking.
  • n. A disease in vegetables; brand.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to be consumed by fire.
  • v. (intransitive) To be consumed by fire, or in flames.
  • v. (transitive) To overheat so as to make unusable.
  • v. (intransitive) To become overheated to the point of being unusable.
  • v. (transitive) To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
  • v. (transitive) To injure (a person or animal) with heat or caustic chemicals.
  • v. (transitive, surgery) To cauterize.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To sunburn.
  • v. (transitive) To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect…
  • v. (intransitive) To be hot, e.g. due to embarrassment.
  • v. (chemistry, transitive) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat;…
  • v. (chemistry, dated) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To write data to a permanent storage medium like a compact disc or a ROM chip.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To betray.
  • v. (transitive, slang) To insult or defeat.
  • v. (transitive) To waste (time).
  • v. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought.
  • v. (intransitive, curling) To accidentally touch a moving stone.
  • v. (transitive, card games) In pontoon, to swap a pair of cards for another pair, or to deal a dead card.
  • v. (photography) To increase the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them lighter (compare…
  • n. (Scotland, Northern England) A stream.

color

  • n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
  • n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
  • n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
  • n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
  • n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
  • n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
  • n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
  • n. (in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
  • n. (in the plural) Gang insignia.
  • n. The system of color television.
  • n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
  • n. (military, in the plural) The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
  • n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
  • n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
  • n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
  • n. (snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
  • n. A front or facade: an ostensible truth actually false.
  • n. An appearance of right or authority.
  • n. (medicine) Skin color noted as: normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
  • adj. Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
  • v. To give something color.
  • v. (intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers…
  • v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
  • v. To affect without completely changing.
  • v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
  • v. (mathematics) To assign colors to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two adjacent…

colour

  • n. (uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
  • n. (countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
  • n. (uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colours (black, white and greys).
  • n. (uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
  • n. (figuratively) Interest, especially in a selective area.
  • n. (heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and…
  • n. (in the plural) A standard or banner.
  • n. The system of colour television.
  • n. (in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
  • n. In corporate finance, details on sales, profit margins, or other financial figures, especially while reviewing…
  • n. (physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange…
  • n. (typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page.
  • n. (snooker) Any of the coloured balls excluding the reds.
  • n. A front or façade: an ostensible truth actually false.
  • n. An appearance of right or authority.
  • n. (medicine) Skin colour noted as: normal, jaundice, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of…
  • adj. Conveying colour, as opposed to shades of grey.
  • v. To give something colour.
  • v. (intransitive) To apply colours to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using coloured markers…
  • v. (of a face) To become red through increased blood flow.
  • v. To affect without completely changing.
  • v. (informal) To attribute a quality to.
  • v. (mathematics) To assign colours to the vertices of (a graph) or the regions of (a map) so that no two…

discolor

  • v. (American) To change or lose color.

discolour

  • v. (British spelling, Canadian, transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of discolor (US).

erythema

  • n. Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation.
  • n. Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation.

hyperpigmentation

  • n. The darkening of an area of skin or nails, caused by increased melanin.

suntan

  • n. In humans a brown or darkened coloration of the skin caused by exposure to ultraviolet light.
  • v. To obtain a suntan by exposure to ultraviolet light.
  • v. To attempt to obtain a suntan.

tan

  • n. A yellowish-brown colour.
  • n. A darkening of the skin resulting from exposure to sunlight or similar light sources.
  • n. The bark of an oak or other tree from which tannic acid is obtained.
  • adj. Of a yellowish-brown.
  • adj. Having dark skin as a result of exposure to the sun.
  • v. (intransitive) To change to a tan colour due to exposure to the sun.
  • v. (transitive) To change an animal hide into leather by soaking it in tannic acid. To work as a tanner.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To spank or beat.
  • num. (dialect, rare) The second cardinal number two, formerly used in Celtic areas, especially Cumbria and…
  • n. An Armenian drink made of yoghurt and water similar to airan and doogh.
  • n. Synonym of picul, particularly in Cantonese contexts.
  • n. (dialectal) A twig or small switch.

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