Meanings
comparative more drained · superlative most drained
- Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
I felt so drained after that three-hour exam that I wanted to sleep for the next week.
Synonyms: exhausted, weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of drain
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
adjectiveOf a battery, empty of charge; discharged.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveemptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰrewgʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*draugiz
- Proto-Germanic*drauhnōną
- Proto-West Germanic*drauhnōn
- Old Englishdrēahnian
- Middle English*dreinen
- Englishdrain
- Englishdrained
Translations
Finnish väsynyt, tyhjä
- väsynytLacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered
- tyhjäempty of charge; discharged
Hindi अपवाहित
- अपवाहित (apvāhit)Translations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with drained
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Cite this entry
drained. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drained
“drained.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drained. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drained,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drained.
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