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drained

adj · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /dɹeɪnd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪnd
  • CMU ARPABET: D R EY1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exhausted, weary, bleareyed, bleary, bleary-eyed, bone-tired, bushed, tired out, spent, wrecked, drained, dog-tired, dog-weary, fatigued, forfairn, forlagen, forworn, heavyeyed, jaded, languid, enervated, out of gas, played out, run-down, shattered, shot, sleepy, stuffed, tired, washed out, weariful, whacked, whipped, worn, worn out, banjaxed, beat, buggered, busted, dead tired, cream crackered, done, done in, done up, fagged out, fried, fucked, gassed, jiggered, Kerry Packered, knacked, knackered, nadgered, pooped, pooped out, pumped, shagged, shagged out, tuckered, tuckered out, wappened, zonked

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of a battery, empty of charge; discharged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dead, flat, consumed, depleted, done up, effete, exhausted, expended, gone, finished, forworn, low, spent, used up

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of drain

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a drained marsh
  • a drained tank
  • a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: undrained

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

drained of electric charge; discharged

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a dead battery
  • left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dead

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective satellite

Meaning 6

very tired

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: knackered

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dher-der. Proto-Indo-European *dhrewgh-der. Proto-Germanic *draugiz Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną Proto-West Germanic *drauhnōn Old English drēahnian Middle English *dreinen English drain English -ed English drained From drain + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: väsynyt — Lacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered
  • Finnish: tyhjä — empty of charge; discharged
  • Hindi: अपवाहित (apvāhit) — Translations
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