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Washed-out

adjective

Drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted. Synonyms: dog-tired, exhausted, fagged, fatigued, played out, spent, worn-out, worn out. "He went to bed dog-tired" , "Was fagged and sweaty" , "The trembling of his played out limbs" , "Felt completely washed-out" , "Only worn-out horses and cattle" , "You look worn out"

Having lost freshness or brilliance of color. Synonyms: bleached, faded, washy. "Faded jeans" , "A very pale washed-out blue" , "Washy colors"

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"Washed-out" Quotes from Famous Books

... Hackley, his single washed-out eye starting with pleasure, accepted the proffered note with a gesture resembling a clutch, investigated its size in the dim light with hardly concealed delight, and pinned it into his waistcoat pocket with a large ...

— Captivating Mary Carstairs • Henry Sydnor Harrison

... child, too, with a meek grace about all her movements; her large grey eyes shone out of her face with a luminous, dreamy light in them, which distressed her practical, rosy-faced mother, who used to say that she did not know where Elsie had come by "those ghaist-like eyes o' hers," and as for those washed-out cheeks, "there was no accountin' for them neither;" and the worthy matron would go on to narrate with what abundance and amplitude Elsie had been ministered to all her life; and yet Elsie glided about ...

— Geordie's Tryst - A Tale of Scottish Life • Mrs. Milne Rae

Words linked to "Washed-out" : worn out, colorless, tired, colourless, played out