washed-out

washed-out
adjective
1. having lost freshness or brilliance of color
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sun-bleached deck chairs

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faded jeans

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a very pale washed-out blue

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washy colors

• Syn: ↑bleached, ↑faded, ↑washy
• Similar to: ↑colorless, ↑colourless
2. drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
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the day's shopping left her exhausted

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he went to bed dog-tired

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was fagged and sweaty

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the trembling of his played out limbs

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felt completely washed-out

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only worn-out horses and cattle

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you look worn out

• Syn:
• Similar to: ↑tired

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washed-out «WOSHT OWT, WSHT-», adjective.
1. lacking color; faded.
2. Informal, Figurative. lacking life, spirit, or vigor.
3. damaged by flood; eroded.

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adj. faded by or as if by sunlight or repeated washing

washed-out jeans

■ (of a person) pale and tired

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/ˈwɑːʃtˈaʊt/ adj [more \washed-out; most \washed-out]
1 of a color : not bright : very light or faded

a very pale washed-out blue

The colors look washed-out [=very faded] in these old photographs.

2 : very tired and without energy : ↑exhausted

I felt washed-out after working all night.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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