DRAINED Synonyms: 176 Similar and Opposite Words

drained 1 of 2

adjective

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

as in pumped

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely we drained the water from the tank before cleaning it

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as in consumed

to make complete use of virtually drained the country's natural resources

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as in tired

to use up all the physical energy of the long hike drained us

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Recent Examples of drained

Adjective

Tahoe officials have been vigilant, ensuring all boats are cleaned, drained and dry before launching into Lake Tahoe. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026 See you later, the swamp (drained or undrained). — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 25 June 2026 The pool was quickly closed, drained and swept. — Tara Lynch, CBS News, 19 June 2026 Increase heat to medium, add drained pasta; cook, stirring constantly, until a creamy sauce forms and clings to pasta, about 2 minutes. — Elizabeth Mervosh, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025 What starts as small talk always ends up in heated debates that leave me feeling drained and resentful. — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025

Verb

Still, these legal battles and the year of strikes drained the UMWA financially. — Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026 The soil is just as dense, heavy, and poorly drained as ever. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 July 2026 What Can't Be Copied If credentials were the old swamp and AI just drained it, the question left standing is, well, what is left to defend? — Alli Kushner, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Under Kennedy’s leadership, the FDA and CDC have both suffered draconian budget cuts and been drained of experienced career staff who know best how to identify, respond to, and effectively inform the public about such outbreaks. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026 Refueling is done through an angled side port, while any remaining fuel can be drained from the bottom after use. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 24 July 2026 That project has also risen in price — $16 million for the first transformation before it was drained for a second round of renovations. — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Awaiting a diagnosis that never came and drained of funds from a dizzying sequence of medical neglect and malpractice, Hughes could no longer afford a safe place to rest. — Literary Hub, 22 July 2026 Soil with good structure is well-drained and holds nutrients vital to plant health. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drained

Adjective

If the District Court upholds the denial, your application is considered exhausted.

— Brian Sloan, CNBC, 21 July 2026
OpenAI moved ChatGPT Business agents to metered credits July 6, and Anthropic now bills agent workloads against credit pools that stop when exhausted.

— TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of exhausted

Verb

The rest of the fields rely on water pumped from underground, and that’s also getting squeezed as California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act kicks in.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026
At the hospital, the doctor pumped Isul’s stomach and gave her fluids.

— Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026

Definition of pumped

Verb

The evidence primarily concerns coffee consumed in customary amounts (8-10 ounces).

— Robert Glatter, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Butter and Margarine Findings presented at Nutrition 2023 showed that people who consumed more than half a tablespoon of olive oil a day had a 28% lower risk of dying from dementia than peers who rarely used it.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Definition of consumed

Verb

Fellow striker Ricardo Pepi tired out the Australian back line all day.

— Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 20 June 2026
Plus, their fabric and fill are less likely to accrue that ever-darkening yellowish stain that tired goose down pillows acquire over time, thanks to sweat, oils, lotion residues, etc.

— Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2025

Definition of tired

Verb

More recently, gang violence has emptied out entire neighborhoods as more Haitians have fled both within the country and abroad to Canada and the United States.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Back at the Red Bull team bus, moments after the stage finish, two soigneurs emptied an ice-bath.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of emptied

Verb

Volkwine, lead foreman for Pivot Custom Skate Parks, a division of American Ramp Company, and his team have spent much of the last year helping to bring Idaho’s newest and biggest skate park to life.

— Noah Daly July 31, Idaho Statesman, 31 July 2026
Baresi is regarded as an AC Milan icon, having spent his entire 20-year career with the club, winning six Serie A titles and three top European trophies, and captaining the team for 15 seasons before retiring in 1997.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

Definition of spent

Verb

For the outing, Cox wore a black swimsuit paired with a gray cover-up, black sunglasses and a black hat.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
During one scene, Einbinder — dressed in a replica of a black dress Gyllenhaal wore in the original film — acted out an explicit orgasm as described in the script, breaking character in the middle of the scene to double over laughing.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 29 July 2026

Definition of wore

Verb

On the bridge, Sam taunts his brother before getting sucked out a hole in the observation window, graphically.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Often, compositions came from MacLeod watching a YouTube video, thinking the music sucked, then trying to make something more suitable.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

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