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sun-kissed

sun-kissed is the alternative form of sunkissed.

Meaning of sunkissed

Adjective

sunkissed (comparative more sunkissed, superlative most sunkissed)

  1. Sunny (exposed to a high amount of sunlight).
    • Now Greece is making it easier for the rich and famous to fulfill their dreams by preparing to sell, or offering long-term leases on, some of its 6,000 sunkissed islands in a desperate attempt to repay its mountainous debts.2010, Elena Moya, Greece starts putting island land up for sale to save economy
  2. Rendered warm or brown due to exposure from the sun.
  3. Having an attractive appearance from recent sun exposure, i.e. a slight tan, often a slight sunburn, and a radiant glow.
  4. (derogatory, euphemistic, offensive) Of black descent.

Forms of sun-kissed

comparativemore sun-kissed
superlativemost sun-kissed

Questions about sun-kissed

What is sun-kissed the alternative form of?
Sun-kissed is the alternative form of sunkissed.

Words near sun-kissed in the dictionary

  1. sun-glasses
  2. sun-god
  3. sun-gods
  4. sun-grebe
  5. sun-grebes
  6. sun-kissed
  7. sun-like
  8. sun-lounger
  9. sun-parlor
  10. sun-parlors
  11. sun-shine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sun-kissed (page history and authors); sunkissed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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