Synonyms of washing-out

washing-out 1 of 2

adjective

as in failing

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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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

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

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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
• striping
• painting
• tarnishing
• dyeing
• discoloring
• patterning
• dappling
• flecking
• blotching
• daubing
• mottling
• striating
• speckling
• variegating
• specking
• marbling
• shining
• staining
• tinting
• coloring
• checkering
• polychroming
• tinging
• polishing
• tingeing
• pigmenting
• splotching
• burnishing
• tincturing

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

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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

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

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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
• deluging
• sloshing
• douching
• dousing
• dowsing