Synonyms for burns

Noun

1. Burns, George Burns, Nathan Birnbaum, vaudevillian, comedian, comic

usage: United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996)

2. Burns, Robert Burns, poet

usage: celebrated Scottish poet (1759-1796)

Noun

1. Burns, George Burns, Nathan Birnbaum, vaudevillian, comedian, comic

usage: pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

2. Burns, Robert Burns, poet

usage: a browning of the skin resulting from exposure to the rays of the sun

3. burn, burning, pain, hurting

usage: an injury cause by exposure to heat or chemicals or radiation

4. tan, suntan, sunburn, burn, hyperpigmentation

usage: a burned place or area

5. burn, injury, hurt, harm, trauma

usage: damage inflicted by burning

Verb

1. burn, fire, burn down, destroy, ruin

usage: destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"

2. burn, glow, shine, beam

usage: shine intensely, as if with heat; "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"

3. burn, combust, change state, turn

usage: undergo combustion; "Maple wood burns well"

4. bite, sting, burn, ache, smart, hurt

usage: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face"

5. burn, combust

usage: cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"

6. burn, feel, experience

usage: feel strong emotion, especially anger or passion; "She was burning with anger"; "He was burning to try out his new skies"

7. burn, incinerate, change integrity

usage: cause to undergo combustion; "burn garbage"; "The car burns only Diesel oil"

8. burn, execute, put to death

usage: burn at the stake; "Witches were burned in Salem"

9. burn, waste, blow, squander

usage: spend (significant amounts of money); "He has money to burn"

10. burn, ache, smart, hurt

usage: feel hot or painful; "My eyes are burning"

11. cauterize, cauterise, burn, treat, care for

usage: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent; "The surgeon cauterized the wart"

12. sunburn, burn, discolor, discolour, colour, color

usage: get a sunburn by overexposure to the sun

13. cut, burn, produce, make, create

usage: create by duplicating data; "cut a disk"; "burn a CD"

14. burn off, burn, burn up, consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out

usage: use up (energy); "burn off calories through vigorous exercise"

15. burn, damage

usage: burn with heat, fire, or radiation; "The iron burnt a hole in my dress"