washed out

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washed out

adjective more washed out · most washed out

  1. idiomatic Very tired and lacking energy or animation. I feel really washed out after all that gardening.

    Similar: exhausted, weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out, spent, wrecked, drained, dog-tired

  2. Of colours: faded, pale.

    Similar: ashen, wan, ashen-faced, ashy, blake, blanched, bleak, bloodless, chalky, exsanguious, ghastly, grey

  3. US Synonym of washy (“tending to sweat profusely”). a washed out horse

    Similar: washy

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of wash out

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adj (idiomatic) very tired

Françaislessivé, rincé

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@misc{washed_out_2026,
  title = {washed out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/washed%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}