burnt

B3U1R1N1T1
Australia, UK/bɜːnt/Canada, US/bɝnt/Northumbria/bɔːnt/

adjective

Damaged or injured by fire or heat.

“I burnt the toast.”

Similar
burnedcookedtreatedburned-overburned-outburnt-outdestroyed
CommonScrabble 7

Meanings

verb

alternative burned · alternative obsolete brent

  1. CommonwealthUKparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of burn

    I burnt the toast.

    1 more example

    The house burnt down.

adjectiveburnt (comparative more burnt, superlative most burnt)

comparative more burnt · superlative most burnt · alternative burned · alternative obsolete brent

  1. Damaged or injured by fire or heat.

    The burnt and bleeding man staggered to his feet, dazed and unbelieving, and asked the startled townspeople who came running whether his fireman and guard were safe. He was kept away from the smouldering crater where his engine had been, and taken to hospital.

    2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43
  2. Carbonised.

    The toast was too burnt to eat.

  3. Having a sunburn.
  4. Being darker than standard, especially browner.
nounburnt (uncountable)

alternative burned · alternative obsolete brent

  1. informaluncountableChar.

    You might also try 5star PBX organic cleaner. This stuff is amazing. Found at your local beer and wine brewers supply store, this stuff will clean the "burnt" off the bottom of your pans.

    2003 December 1, Darrell, “Toilet Bowl Stains”, in alt.home.repair (Usenet)

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveruined by overcooking

adjectivetreated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point

adjectivedestroyed or badly damaged by fire

Similar
burnedburned-overburned-outburnt-outdestroyed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbrent
  2. Englishburnt

Inherited from Middle English brent, brynt; by surface analysis, burn + t.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek καυστός, καυστός
  • καυστός (kaustós)damaged or injured by fire or heat
  • καυστός (kaustós)carbonized
Arabic مَحْرُوق, مُحْتَرِق
  • مَحْرُوق (maḥrūq)damaged or injured by fire or heat
  • مُحْتَرِق (muḥtariq)damaged or injured by fire or heat
Catalan cremat
  • crematcarbonized
Chinese Cantonese 燶 /㶶
  • 燶 /㶶 (nung¹)carbonized
Czech spálený
  • spálenýsun-burned
Danish brændt
  • brændtcarbonized
Dutch verbrand
  • verbrandcarbonized
Estonian põlenud
  • põlenuddamaged or injured by fire or heat
Finnish palanut, palanut
  • palanutcarbonized
  • palanutsun-burned
  • poltettubrowner than standard
French brûlé
  • brûlécarbonized
Hebrew שָׂרוּף
  • שָׂרוּף (sarúf)damaged or injured by fire or heat
Hindi दग्ध
  • दग्ध (dagdh)damaged or injured by fire or heat
Italian bruciato, bruciato
  • bruciatodamaged or injured by fire or heat
  • bruciatocarbonized
  • arsocarbonized
Latin cremātus, ustus
  • cremātusdamaged or injured by fire or heat
  • ustuscarbonized
Māori mahunu
  • mahunudamaged or injured by fire or heat
Portuguese queimado, queimado
  • queimadocarbonized
  • queimadosun-burned
Romanian ars, ars
  • arscarbonized
  • arssun-burned
Russian горе́лый, жжёный
  • горе́лый (gorélyj)carbonized
  • жжёный (žžónyj)carbonized
  • сгоре́вший (sgorévšij)carbonized
  • вы́жженный (výžžennyj)carbonized
  • загоре́лый (zagorélyj)sun-burned
  • подгоре́вший (podgorévšij)browner than standard
Spanish quemado, quemado
  • quemadodamaged or injured by fire or heat
  • quemadocarbonized
  • quemadosun-burned
Swedish bränd, solbränd
  • brändcarbonized
  • solbrändsun-burned
Vietnamese bỏng
  • bỏngdamaged or injured by fire or heat

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with burnt

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Cite this entry
APA

burnt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnt

MLA

“burnt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnt. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burnt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnt.

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