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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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