Washed-out definitions

wŏsht'out', wôsht'-
Carried or eroded away by moving water.

A washed-out road.

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Lacking color or intensity; faded.
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Exhausted or tired-looking.
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Faded in color, specif. from washing.
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Tired; spiritless.
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Tired-looking; pale and wan.
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Lacking colour, as if faded.
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Tired, jaded and lacking animation.
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(idiomatic) To be very tired and lacking energy.

I feel really washed out after all that editing.

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Of clothes. When they lose some of their original colour from being washed so often.
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Simple past tense and past participle of wash out.
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Sentence Examples

  • Lower karat rings are less expensive and generally look lighter or more washed-out, while higher-karat rings may be softer and more fragile.

  • He carefully worked the ATV down a steep washed out trail that threatened to overturn the vehicle several times.

  • And somebody washed out the coffee pot.

  • A hundred yards ahead of them the infrequently used Jeep road became impassable in a washed-out jumble of stone.

  • They told me if Jeff's body wasn't found the first couple of weeks, it had probably washed out to sea and would maybe never be located.

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