Meanings
alternative burned · alternative obsolete brent
- CommonwealthUKparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of burn
I burnt the toast.
1 more example
The house burnt down.
comparative more burnt · superlative most burnt · alternative burned · alternative obsolete brent
- 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 - Carbonised.
The toast was too burnt to eat.
- Having a sunburn.
- Being darker than standard, especially browner.
alternative burned · alternative obsolete brent
- 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
adjectivetreated by heating to a high temperature but below the melting or fusing point
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishbrent
- Englishburnt
Inherited from Middle English brent, brynt; by surface analysis, burn + t.
More words from Middle English
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
burnt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnt
“burnt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnt. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burnt,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burnt.
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