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drained

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adjective
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As an adjective, drained means lacking motivation and energy.

Meanings of drained

4 meanings

adjective

  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. Of a battery, empty of charge; discharged.

  3. Emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid)

    “a drained marsh”

    “a drained tank”

    “a drained and apathetic old man … not caring any longer about anything”

  4. Extremely exhausted

    Similar: knackered

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of drain

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: extremely exhausted
knackered
adjective: drained of electric charge; discharged
dead
Oppositesundrained

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