washed out

comparative more washed out · superlative most washed out

1. idiomaticVery tired and lacking energy or animation.

   I feel really washed out after all that gardening.

   1 more example

   […] she distinctly saw someone go down your garden towards the river and disappear among the trees. She says she wasn't taking much notice of it at the time, because there was no reason why there should be anything wrong in that, and it being dark she didn't see a lot, and she was feeling pretty washed out as well.

   1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

   Synonyms: exhausted, weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out

2. Of colours: faded, pale.

   Synonyms: ashen, wan, ashen, ashen-faced, ashy, blake, blanched, bleak

3. UShobbiesSynonym of washy (“tending to sweat profusely”).

   a washed out horse

   Synonyms: washy

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of wash out