Old
Old adjective - Being of advanced years and especially past middle age.
Washed out and old are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Washed out" instead an adjective "Old".
Washed out
Old and washed out are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Old" instead an adjective "Washed out".
Both terms in one sentence
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Crapsack World: The strip is drawn in washed out sepia tones, adding to the depressed, old-timey atmosphere where everyone is poor.
Source: Webcomic / Guttersnipe -
The book version turns Clare back into a mainstream 70s chick (even mentioning a complaint from her about a poodle perm she washed out) and Chronotis into an extremely old and silly man, but Skagra is described as extremely, androgynously beautiful, especially his 'full, sensual lips'.
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The first was that the soup "tastes like dish water" (though apparently having your mouth washed out with dish soap will produce that flavor) and the second was the hot chocolate (just that day for some reason) tasting like "dirty sweatsocks and an old pair of sneakers".
Source: It Tastes Like Feet
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