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washed en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /wɔɹʃt/ (regional) r-insertion
  • /wɔʃt/ (regional)
  • (US) audio
  • /wɒʃt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /wɑʃt/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang) Ellipsis of washed up.
    alt of washed up
    • “Washed” is what I would’ve called him to my friends if I’d been feeling honest and not just looking to get laid. 2026 June 12, Emily Ratajkowski, “Mother F*cker”, in The Cut:
    • my goat washed
    • Millennials’ very existence has become so embarrassing to Gen Z-ers that they’ve coined a phrase for it: “millennial cringe.” […] We are now unc and frequently also washed. 2025 December 22, Anna Silman, “This Is the Year Millennials Officially Got Old”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Dec 2025:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more washed Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most washed Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

gold-washed

washed en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • /wɔɹʃt/ (regional) r-insertion
  • /wɔʃt/ (regional)
  • (US) audio
  • /wɒʃt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /wɑʃt/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of wash
    form of wash