sunstruck

[ suhn-struhk ]

adjective

1. affected with sunstroke.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sunstruck¹

First recorded in 1830–40; sun + struck

Example Sentences

“Overnight lows will be the big story of the next night,” he added, as higher nighttime temperatures won’t allow the habitual cooling for sunstruck homes without air conditioning.

From Seattle Times

All of these are arrayed in the flat, sunstruck emptiness of Idaho and seem to operate on their own, without a person in sight until the very end.

From New York Times

Rather than a gorgeous Lombardy villa, the setting is an Army base in the Veneto and its drab surroundings, but the vibe is equally indolent and sunstruck.

From New York Times

Tennessee Williams’s sunstruck, Florida-set comedy of sex and grief ends its run.

From New York Times

She now plays Bets, a seemingly demure housewife on Showtime’s “On Becoming a God in Central Florida,” a dark, sunstruck dramedy.

From New York Times