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adust

adjective as in sunburned

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Adust, a-dust′, adj. burnt up or scorched; browned with the sun.

Blondel took up the word, his eyes sparkling, his adust complexion heated and full of fire.

The Tragedian unbent by degrees; his adust countenance warmed into flesh and blood, and he grew facetious and festive.

The Oxford scholar long ago, as described by Chaucer, was adust and thin.

But if it be stopped, and cannot have his way, it becometh adust, and thereby malign and venomous.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to adust, such as: bronzed, brown, burned, sunburnt, and suntanned.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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