- Lacking color or intensity; faded.
- Exhausted or tired-looking.
- Having dropped a project or an enterprise or having been dropped from one: a washed-out officer candidate.
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Dictionary:
washed-out (wŏsht'out', wôsht'-) |
| Idioms: washed out |
Faded in color; also, lacking animation. For example, This carpet is all washed out from the sun, or He looks all washed out. [Late 1700s;
early 1800s] Also see
wash out, def. 3.
| WordNet: washed-out |
The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
Synonyms: exhausted, dog-tired, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, worn-out, worn out
Meaning #2:
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
Synonyms: bleached, faded, washy
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