Adust

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Dusty.
  • Burned; scorched; become dry by heat; hot and fiery.
  • Looking as if burned or scorched.
  • In pathology, having much heat: said of the blood and other fluids of the body; hence, ardent; sanguine; impetuous.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Inflamed or scorched; fiery.
  • adjective. Looking as if or scorched; sunburnt.
  • adjective. Having much heat in the constitution and little serum in the blood. [Obs.] Hence: Atrabilious; sallow; gloomy.
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  • adjective. burned brown by the sun
  • adjective. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
  • Equivalent
    brunet  brunette  dry  
    Form
    adustness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fiery  gloomy  sallow  sunburnt