Meaning & use
sunstruck
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affected by sunstroke, or dazed and overwhelmed as if from too much sun
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The hikers grew sunstruck and dizzy after hours without shade.
He wandered around the party looking sunstruck, unable to stop staring at her.
A note on using this word
Literally means affected by heatstroke, but is often used playfully to describe someone dazzled by love or beauty.
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