SUNBAKED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

sunbaked

adjective

Definition of sunbaked

as in parched

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Recent Examples of sunbaked The layout is straightforward but generous, with three bedrooms (two en suite) branching off a central living area that stays oriented toward the San Jacintos, and a largely white backdrop is warmed up with hints of coral, mustard, and other sunbaked tones. — Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 30 Apr. 2026 This organic, sunbaked quality is echoed in terracotta blush, providing sophisticated depth, CottonWorks said. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2026 The road to Talent Mine Academy in southwestern Nigeria is a long, sunbaked path of bumpy red earth. — Kate Okorie, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Apr. 2026 The Martin County Sheriff’s Office sits along Interstate 20 in West Texas, a stretch of dusty plains and sunbaked highways that could almost be the setting for a Mad Max movie. — Ella Feldman, Bloomberg, 25 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sunbaked

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Earlier Monday, some residents returned to find their homes leveled by wildfires that erupted across a parched landscape over the weekend, covering yards in charred debris.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Volunteers armed with watering cans, trucks and makeshift water tanks shadow firefighters, battling underground flare-ups in parched pine forests after months without rain and increasingly fire-prone conditions linked to climate change.

— Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Definition of parched

Adjective

The experience of eating it is even more shocking … the electric crunch of passionfruit seeds giving way to exploding citrus vesicles, glimmering like wayward teardrop gems … and … was that a dehydrated banana?

— Cooking Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026
The masks are made from hydrogel, which, Dixneuf says, is particularly well-suited for dehydrated, puffy, and tired eyes.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025

Definition of dehydrated

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Winds gusting beyond 50 miles per hour at times howled over bone-dry fuels itching to ignite.

— Murphy Woodhouse, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026
The sun is high and hot in early June—a bone-dry 85 degrees Fahrenheit—though the direct light is enough to make my forehead glisten.

— Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 July 2026

Definition of bone-dry

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