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washed out

adj (washed-out when prenominal)

1. (Art Terms) faded or colourless

2. exhausted, esp when being pale in appearance

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washed out

adjective

1. pale, light, flat, mat, muted, drab, lacklustre, watery, lustreless The room was now dull and flat with washed-out colours.

2. wan, drawn, pale, pinched, blanched, haggard, bloodless, colourless, pallid, anaemic, ashen, chalky, peaky, deathly pale She tried to hide her washed-out face behind large, dark glasses.

3. faded, bleached, blanched, colourless, stonewashed a washed-out blue denim jacket

4. exhausted, drained, worn-out, tired-out, spent, drawn, done in (informal), all in (slang), fatigued, wiped out (informal), weary, knackered (slang), clapped out (Austral. & N.Z. informal), dog-tired (informal), zonked (slang), dead on your feet (informal) She looked washed-out and listless.
exhausted alert, lively, refreshed, energetic, perky, chirpy, sprightly, zippy (informal), full of beans (informal), full of pep (informal)

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washed out

adj pred, washed-out

adj attr (inf) → erledigt (inf), → schlapp (inf); to feel washed out → sich wie ausgelaugt fühlen (inf); to look washed out → mitgenommen aussehen

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It is the first time since 1992, when Meltham played Kirkheaton (also at Elland), that the final has been washed out totally - that year it was eventually played on September 13 after two wash-outs - although Scholes' victory over Elland at Hullen Edge in 1996 was also rain-affected and had to be finished over two nights when rain intervened during the first innings.

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City's games were washed out for three weeks in a row in June, along with almost all the other fixtures in A1.