washed-out

washed-out

faded in color, specif. from washing
Informal tired; spiritless
Informal tired-looking; pale and wan

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washed-out

adjective

Carried or eroded away by moving water: a washed-out road.
Lacking color or intensity; faded.
Exhausted or tired-looking.

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Adjective

lacking colour, as if faded
tired, jaded and lacking animation

Adjective

(comparative more washed out, superlative most washed out)

(idiomatic) To be very tired and lacking energy.
I feel really washed out after all that editing.
Of clothes. When they lose some of their original colour from being washed so often.

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