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washout

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of washout

something that has failed
  • the fashion designer's last showing was a complete washout
Synonyms of washout

bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey
Words Related to washout

also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss

botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles

nonevent

nonstarter
Near Antonyms of washout

corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon
Antonyms of washout

blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner

wash out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of wash out

1 to be unsuccessful
  • most of the participants in the tough training program washed out
Synonyms of wash out

bomb, collapse, crater, fail, flame out, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, tank
Words Related to wash out

flounder, struggle

decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane

crash, crumble, miscarry, misfire

go under

implode, self-destruct
Phrases Synonymous with wash out

come a cropper, come to grief, come up empty, die on the vine, fall flat, fall on one's face, fall short, lay an egg
Near Antonyms of wash out

cook, flourish, prosper, thrive

prevail, triumph, win
Antonyms of wash out

click, come off, deliver, go, go over, pan out, succeed, work out
2 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 of wash out

blanch, bleach, blench, decolorize, dull, fade, pale, snow, whiten
Words Related to wash out

brighten, lighten

dim, mat (also matte)

etiolate

whitewash

frost, silver
Near Antonyms of wash out

blacken

blotch, checker, dapple, daub, discolor, fleck, marble, mottle, pattern, polychrome, shade, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, streak, striate, stripe, tarnish, variegate

color, dye, paint, pigment, stain, tincture, tinge, tint

burnish, polish, shine
Antonyms of wash out

darken, deepen, embrown
3 to use up all the physical energy of
  • that last illness washed the child out completely
Synonyms of wash out

break, burn out, bust, do in, do up, drain, exhaust, fag, fatigue, frazzle, harass, kill, knock out, outwear, tire, tucker (out), wear, wear out, weary
Words Related to wash out

debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, waste, weaken
Phrases Synonymous with wash out

wear to a frazzle
Near Antonyms of wash out

activate, energize, invigorate, rejuvenate, strengthen, vitalize

relax, rest, unwind
4 to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse
  • wash out your bathing suit in the sink
Synonyms of wash out

flush, irrigate, rinse, sluice, wash
Words Related to wash out

deluge, engulf, flood, inundate, swamp

flow, gush, rush, stream

douche, hose

drench, saturate, soak

douse (also dowse), slosh, splash

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