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Synonyms for washed out


Grammar : Adj, noun, verb
Spell : wosht-out, wawsht-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɒʃtˈaʊt, ˈwɔʃt-

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Définition of washed out

Origin :
  • late Old English wæsc "act of washing" (see wash (v.)). Meaning "clothes set aside to be washed" is attested from 1789; meaning "thin coat of paint" is recorded from 1690s; sense of "land alternately covered and exposed by the sea" is recorded from mid-15c.
  • As in pale : adj light in color or effect
  • As in wan : adj colorless, weak
  • As in washed-out : adj faded
  • As in blond/blonde : adj having light-colored hair
  • As in waterish : adj pale
  • As in colorless : adj without hue
  • As in depleted : adj consumed, exhausted
  • As in done in : adj exhausted
  • As in drained : adj used up; exhausted
  • As in effete : adj spoiled, exhausted
  • As in enervated : adj exhausted, worn out
  • As in exhausted : adj used up
  • As in faded : adj bleached; used
  • As in fatigued : adj tired
  • As in blonde : noun light
  • As in nullify : verb cancel, revoke
  • As in obliterate : verb destroy
  • As in repeal : verb declare null and void
  • As in bleach : verb whiten
  • As in bomb : verb fail miserably
  • As in cancel : verb call off; erase
  • As in pink-slip : verb dismiss
  • As in disintegrate : verb fall apart; reduce to pieces
  • As in dismiss : verb remove from job, responsibility
  • As in drop : verb abandon; ignore
  • As in eradicate : verb destroy; remove
  • As in fade : verb lose color
  • As in flop : verb fail miserably
Example sentences :
  • We washed out a panful, an' found that the bottom was fairly covered in gold.
  • Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
  • I had them washed out, and I only mentioned the matter to my wife afterwards.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Them table-napkins I put thar, to get 'em washed out, some day.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Then the vexation was washed out of his face by a spreading grin.
  • Extract from : « Ministry of Disturbance » by Henry Beam Piper
  • The gold which occurs in the sand, gravel, or clay soil, is washed out.
  • Extract from : « Checking the Waste » by Mary Huston Gregory
  • These stains can never be washed out to the eye of imagination.
  • Extract from : « The Case of Edith Cavell » by James M. Beck
  • It is applied several days in succession and then washed out.
  • Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler
  • The boat was washed out of the davits by the force of the water.
  • Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
  • Some of the provisions had, however, been washed out of her.
  • Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Does this indicate that the soluble salts have been washed out?
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II » by Charles Darwin

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