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adjective

Definition of drainednext
as in exhausted
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness we were completely drained after shoveling snow all afternoon

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drained

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verb

past tense of drain
1
as in pumped
to remove (liquid) gradually or completely we drained the water from the tank before cleaning it

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2
as in consumed
to make complete use of virtually drained the country's natural resources

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3
as in tired
to use up all the physical energy of the long hike drained us

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drained
  1. exhausted
  2. pumped
  3. consumed
  4. tired
  5. emptied
  6. spent
  7. sucked
  8. depleted
Adjective
  • David believes this is just her exhausted mind playing tricks, attributing it to postpartum depression, stress, and fatigue.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Jeb Bush being Hispanic Nine years ago, the American political landscape was very different, inasmuch as there were Republican presidential candidates who were normal and boring in the way that an exhausted, uptight high school principal who hates dancing might be.
    JP Brammer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of exhausted
Verb
  • Xi’s party pumped tidal waves of state funds into markets, scrapped all initial public offerings, suspended trading in thousands of companies and let mainlanders pledge homes as collateral to buy shares.
    William Pesek, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Are you as pumped as Brunson about this unique crossover?
    Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of pumped
Verb
  • The region has been consumed by war for more than a year, first between Israel and Hamas, and increasingly involving Lebanon and Iran.
    nbcnews.com, nbcnews.com, 13 Nov. 2024
  • All 379 people onboard safely evacuated the Airbus in 18 minutes before flames consumed the fuselage.
    Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of consumed
Adjective
  • In difficult listening situations, participants described feeling physically and mentally tired.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
  • But towards the end of the day, when everyone is sufficiently tired out, Webb says there's nothing better than sitting down and winding down together.
    Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of tired
Verb
  • Some neighbors who decided to leave Asheville until the power and/or water were resurrected emptied their pantries before departure.
    Jessica Wakeman, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The border region has largely emptied out over the past year as the two sides have traded fire.
    AAMER MADHANI, TIME, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of emptied
Verb
  • The group owned by Steve Ballmer also spent roughly $220,000 this year to sway lawmakers on the legislation, among other proposals, according to lobbying reports.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
  • My union has spent just as long rebuilding steelmaking’s middle-class workforce.
    David McCall, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of spent
Verb
  • These are essentially brief fictional stories that flush out the old AI’s background using contextual information sucked up during the training phase.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Athena yelled over the sound of air being sucked out of the craft.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of sucked
Verb
  • The repetitiveness depleted the music of any emotional value.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Their wing depth was depleted with no more Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, or Precious Achiuwa.
    Esfandiar Baraheni, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of depleted
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