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

Next, let the butter melt and place the hot, drained ears of corn in the stockpot. — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026 Feeling mentally drained or physically exhausted is something everyone experiences from time to time. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026 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 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

Our joy in the world is drained away, along with our ability to feel fully human. — Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026 Micron still trading 15% below its June peak and Nvidia sitting at such a steep discount to the market P/E and that of defensive, capex-light Apple, suggest a level of sobriety that – all else equal – could mean that some risk has been drained away. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026 Decades of fiscal profligacy, including the costs of an extended conflict with Japan in Korea, had drained the imperial treasury. — Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026 Shawn and his father found the man on the easternmost coast of their island shortly after dusk, when the sky was drained of almost all its orange light and the waves had grown dark, topped with an eerie froth. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 The road Game 3 win reigns supreme in Liberty lore after Sabrina Ionescu drained a 28-foot game-winning dagger. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026 Over 600 million gallons of that water have now been drained, treated to remove contaminants and pumped deep underground. — Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026 DeMeco Ryans opted not to call a timeout before that third-down play, which drained the clock 30 seconds before the Colts ran the play. — Jonathan M. Alexander, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2026 The crackdown reflects ⁠growing concern within the government that rising spending on gambling has drained household budgets and contributed to record levels of indebtedness. — Reuters, NBC news, 26 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drained

Adjective

This is an important practical issue because nighttime feedings happen when parents are understandably exhausted.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Researchers now think the answer is not more stimulation, but a chance to reset exhausted fibroblasts.

— Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Verb

That would mean oil, which is being pumped full out in the world and can't be reined in that quickly, would fill tankers everywhere and the only way to not upset the supply market would be to dump it anywhere.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Over 600 million gallons of that water have now been drained, treated to remove contaminants and pumped deep underground.

— Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of pumped

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At least Mark Zuckerberg had the decency to be duplicitous, Altman is just openly consumed by the mania of trying to win the most important technological arms race since the atom bomb.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026
The same technology that’s transformed how audiobooks are consumed has also changed how they’re made.

— Brian Raftery, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of consumed

Verb

Messner was convicted of bankruptcy fraud in 1995 and spent about two years in prison.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
This is one of the newer segments to join Spotify, which has also been expanding from podcasting and music into fitness, in a push to increase customer stickiness and the time spent on the platform.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of spent

Verb

Look, these schools and teams sucked the fun out of sports with their BLM rallies on Instagram and lectures on Facebook and in the media.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
The authors posit that people from that period sucked on betel nuts to relieve tooth pain, given that these populations are known to have had bad teeth and arecoline is a natural analgesic.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026