Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

washed up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables: washed up
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Well past their prime and no longer successful; having no future in a particular role.

Informal

verb

simple past and past participle of wash up

Example Sentences

"Pavarotti's washed up as a singer, in my view."
"It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody."
"Reize: 'WHOA! ARE YOU FOR REAL, MISTER? [...] AND YOU EVEN GOT A BELT WITH YOUR NAME ON IT?! THE BAZ... I KNEW IT! YOU MUST BE A NOBLE WARRIOR!' / Baz: 'PSHHH. SCRAM, KID. I'M JUST A NOBODY. I'M ALL WASHED UP. IT JUST AIN'T MY DAY.'"
"No matter how much we tried, we were going to look washed-up."
"“Washed-up, loser lawyer!” That’s for Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland. What the phrase lacks in poetry it makes up for in pithiness."

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more washed up (comparative) most washed up (superlative) washed-up (alternative)

Phrases

over the hill

Frequently Paired Words

over the hill

Synonyms

washed

Questions

What does washed up mean?: Well past their prime and no longer successful; having no future in a particular role.

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