Synonyms of washing-out

washing-out 1 of 2

adjective

as in failing

Related Words

• failing
• collapsing
• folding
• slipping
• flopping
• declining
• no-good
• inauspicious
• flunking
• waning
• unsuccessful
• slumping
• destroyed
• unpromising
• bankrupt
• hopeless
• futureless
• failed
• ruined
• wrecked
• kerflooey
• kaput

Dissimilar Words

• successful
• flourishing
• going
• triumphant
• thriving
• prosperous
• coming
• promising
• growing
• booming
• robust
• palmy
• roaring

washing out

2 of 2

verb

present participle of wash out

1

as in collapsing

to be unsuccessful

most of the participants in the tough training program washed out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsing
• failing
• striking out
• flopping
• falling short
• flaming out
• folding
• missing
• falling flat
• coming up empty
• laying an egg
• coming to grief
• struggling
• bombing
• dying on the vine
• coming a cropper
• falling on one's face
• tanking
• flunking
• cratering
• foundering
• declining
• going under
• crashing
• slipping
• slumping
• skidding
• crumbling
• floundering
• waning
• sinking
• misfiring
• miscarrying
• imploding
• self-destructing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working out
• going over
• coming off
• going
• succeeding
• delivering
• clicking
• panning out
• cooking
• flourishing
• thriving
• prospering
• winning
• prevailing
• triumphing

2

as in bleaching

to make white or whiter by removing color

the bright lights of the TV studio washed out her facial features, making her look as white as a ghost

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bleaching
• fading
• brightening
• blenching
• whitening
• decolorizing
• blanching
• paling
• snowing
• dulling
• lightening
• dimming
• etiolating
• frosting
• matting
• whitewashing
• silvering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deepening
• darkening
• shading
• embrowning
• blackening
• spotting
• streaking
• painting
• striping
• dyeing
• tarnishing
• discoloring
• patterning
• dappling
• flecking
• blotching
• daubing
• striating
• mottling
• speckling
• variegating
• specking
• shining
• marbling
• staining
• tinting
• coloring
• checkering
• polychroming
• polishing
• tingeing
• pigmenting
• splotching
• burnishing
• tincturing

3

as in wearing

to use up all the physical energy of

that last illness washed the child out completely

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wearing
• killing
• exhausting
• tiring
• burning out
• knocking out
• wearing out
• draining
• doing in
• doing up
• busting
• tuckering (out)
• wearing to a frazzle
• harassing
• wearying
• wasting
• breaking
• outwearing
• fatiguing
• fagging
• weakening
• frazzling
• debilitating
• sapping
• enervating
• enfeebling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strengthening
• activating
• energizing
• invigorating
• resting
• relaxing
• rejuvenating
• vitalizing
• unwinding

4

as in rinsing

to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse

wash out your bathing suit in the sink

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rinsing
• washing
• flushing
• flooding
• irrigating
• sluicing
• flowing
• engulfing
• inundating
• streaming
• rushing
• gushing
• swamping
• soaking
• saturating
• drenching
• splashing
• hosing
• sloshing
• deluging
• douching
• dousing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of washing-out

Verb

Physicists used Wilson’s calculations to justify the previously murky mechanics of quantum field theory, which treats each particle as a wave while washing out the less significant effects of the smallest vibrations. — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026

Rain postponed the start of play, washing out the entire morning session and much of the second. — ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

The area has already be hit hard, with floodwaters washing out roads and causing evacuation of homes. — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2026

The downpour knocked out power to nearly 4,000 residents and caused significant structural damage to infrastructure, including washing out sections of Highway 52 near Hancock Drive. — Rashad Williams, CBS News, 29 July 2026

Chief among the dangers is climate change that has led to rising seas and erosion washing out oystercatcher nests. — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026

From choosing different mulch to planting ground covers, read on to learn how to stop mulch from washing out of your flower beds once and for all. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 July 2026

Then came this spring’s historic and devastating floods across northern Michigan — in some areas, for the first time anyone can remember — swamping homes, pushing dams to the brink of failure and washing out roadways. — Tammy Webber, Fortune, 23 June 2026

The heavy rain, fueled in part by the remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur, drenched much of the Southeast from Texas to the Florida Panhandle, causing flash flood emergencies, washing out roads, and prompting emergency rescues. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 20 June 2026