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

But Jess Ralston, a senior energy analyst at Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit, a non profit focused on climate change, said that 90% of the oil and gas has already been drained from the North Sea basin. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 Salvador has treated patients whose infections formed pockets of pus that had to be drained to protect their vision. — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 Maybe someone drained your bank account, opened a credit card in your name or filed a fraudulent tax return using your Social Security number. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Within weeks of the loan being fulfilled in early 2018, McDonnell drained the account, and the bank claimed it had been duped and alerted the authorities. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026 The icon’s not the only thing that’s been drained of color, either — 9to5Mac also says Apple Music widgets now have black backgrounds and the app now uses a splash of blue in the tab bar to show the active tab. — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 13 Oct. 2026 Following a major eruption in 2018 that partly drained one of the underground lava reservoirs, there were indications that it was being steadily refilled. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for drained

Adjective

The buck, tongue lolling, looked exhausted from chasing and breeding his doe.

— Michael Hanback, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026
If a year in, the founder is still in every meeting and the new hire is the most exhausted person in the building, the company did not hire an operator.

— Ken Paskins, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausted

Verb

Kennedy also pointed to millions of dollars being pumped into this race on both sides, saying each party sees the seat as in play.

— Dan Snyder, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
The fuel was pumped across a hose to Mineral Europa by a converted bunkering vessel, Shenghang Yongle, which entered service less than five weeks before the operation.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of pumped

Verb

Modern facilities can use closed-loop cooling, where water circulates through the system rather than being continually consumed and discharged.

— Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Auto energy efficiency was determined by looking at the annual miles driven per capita, and creating a ratio of annual miles driven to gallons of gas consumed.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of consumed

Verb

At least $343,100 is to be spent on surveillance after the president falsely blamed vandals for damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

— Dan Diamond, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
On a humid morning in June, Ramadan Elmoudi nervously watched grid current flow into a machine his colleagues had spent years building and kept his expectations low.

— Alex Pasternack, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of spent

Verb

Ramaswamy wore what appeared to be a knock-off Ohio State jersey to the school’s home opener in August and took heat from Buckeyes fans in his X comments.

— Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2026
The two even wore jewelry and fake nails to really emulate PinkPantheress, 25, and Larsson, 28.

— Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2026