Synonyms: adust
Definition: burned brown by the sun
Usage: of an adust complexion- Sir Walter Scott
Similar words: brunet, brunette
Definition: marked by dark or relatively dark pigmentation of hair or skin or eyes
Usage: a brunette beauty
Synonyms: adust, baked, sunbaked, parched, scorched
Definition: dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
Usage: a vast desert all adust; land lying baked in the heat; parched soil; the earth was scorched and bare; sunbaked salt flats
Similar words: dry
Definition: free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet
Usage: dry land; dry clothes; a dry climate; dry splintery boards; a dry river bed; the paint is dry