Usually means: Faded or diminished in quality.
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  1. washed-out: Merriam-Webster
  2. washed-out: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. washed-out: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. washed-out, washed-out: Collins English Dictionary
  5. washed-out: Vocabulary.com
  6. Washed-out, washed-out: Wordnik
  7. washed-out: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. washed-out: Wiktionary
  9. washed-out: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. washed-out: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. washed-out: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. washed-out: Dictionary.com
  13. washed-out: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. washed-out: Rhymezone
  15. washed-out: FreeDictionary.org
  16. washed-out: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. washed-out: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. washed-out: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. washed-out: Idioms

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▸ adjective:  Alternative form of washed out [(idiomatic) Very tired and lacking energy or animation.]

Similar:
exhausted, played out, worn out, worn-out, fatigued, spent, faded, tired, washy, colorless, more...

Opposite:
vibrant, bright, colorful, vivid, bold

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Similar:
exhausted, played out, worn out, worn-out, fatigued, spent, faded, tired, washy, colorless, more...

Opposite:
vibrant, bright, colorful, vivid, bold



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