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Synonyms for washed-out

  • adjective

Most common

pale ghastly pallid sallow worn-out bleary

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Colorless — of colours, faded, pale

pale, pallid, white, sallow, ghastly, ashen, colorless US, colourless UK, ashy, pasty, bloodless, wan, livid, blanched, whey-faced

2. Worn-out — very tired and lacking energy or animation

worn-out, bleary, drained, exhausted, weary, fatigued, gone, dog-tired, spent, played out, fagged slang

3. Faded

faded, bleached, washy

Antonyms

deep

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Very tired and lacking energy or animation.

    I feel really washed out after all that gardening.

  2. adj. 2

    Of colours: faded, pale.

  3. adj. 3

    Synonym of washy (“tending to sweat profusely”).

Related words

Other spellings
washed out

Example sentences

  • pale I said to her, "You look pale. Are you all right?"
  • ghastly The idea of some ghastly presence constantly haunted him.
  • pallid The pallid cypresses seemed to twist in febrile pain.
  • sallow Anne cast herself into Marilla's arms and rapturously kissed her sallow cheek.
  • bleary He looked at her with bleary eyes.

By length

3 letters
wan1
4 letters
gone1, pale1, ashy2
5 letters
white1, spent1, faded2, weary2, livid2, pasty, washy2, ashen2
6 letters
pallid2, sallow, bleary2, fagged
7 letters
drained1, ghastly2
8 letters
fatigued2, bleached1, blanched
9 letters
exhausted3, colorless3, bloodless2
10 letters
colourless

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ashy2 = 2 syllables).