adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of drain form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.

   "I felt so drained after that three-hour exam that I wanted to sleep for the next week."

2. 2
   Of a battery, empty of charge; discharged.

Adjective

1. 1
   drained of electric charge; discharged wordnet
2. 2
   emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid) wordnet
3. 3
   extremely exhausted wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

exhausteddone upexhaustedforwornspentablated

Antonyms

All antonyms

undrained

Example

More examples

"All the color drained away from his face."

Etymology

From drain + -ed.

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