drainers
They sap resources
Drainers are things or people that drain.
A dish drainer holds washed dishes while water drips off.
A drainer in a sink catches food scraps.
Figuratively, drainers are people or situations that exhaust your energy or resources: Emotional drainers will leave you feeling depleted.
The word often appears in self-help contexts about setting boundaries.
Kitchen bowl for draining
- strainerPerforated draining vessel
- sieveMesh filtering utensil
- rackFrame for holding items
- sinkBasin with drain
pasta · vegetables · rice · grease · splashback · perforated · mesh · basin
State of utter depletion
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
- hemorrhageProfuse discharge of blood
leakage · wastage · erosion · attrition · diminishing · bleeding · emptying · extraction
Limbless scaled reptile
- plungerSuction device for clogs
- augerSpiral hole-maker
- pipeHollow conveyance channel
- trapDevice for catching animals
grate · outflow · sewer · conduit · channel · culvert · gutter · downspout
Depleting one's stamina
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearyingCausing gradual exhaustion
- enervatingCausing loss of vigor
- taxingRequiring great effort
demanding · grueling · sapping · debilitating · wearing · depleting · soul-sucking · dispiriting
Wanting in essentials
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- demandingRequiring great effort
- narcissistSelf-obsessed person
- manipulatorOne who controls cunningly
complainer · pessimist · boundary-crossing · clingy · high-maintenance · exhausting · suffocating · overbearing
Waterlogged lowland area
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- peatbogWetland with decomposing vegetation
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
- dredgingExtracting underwater sediment
irrigation · ditches · channels · agriculture · floodplain · waterlogged · silt · runoff
colander
Kitchen bowl for draining
sink · pasta · vegetables · rice · grease · splashback · perforated · mesh · basin · rinse
exhaustion
State of utter depletion
- sappingGradually draining vitality
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- dwindlingProgressively becoming smaller
hemorrhage · leakage · wastage · erosion · attrition · diminishing · bleeding · emptying · extraction · deficit
snake
Limbless scaled reptile
trap · grate · outflow · sewer · conduit · channel · culvert · gutter · downspout · catchment
exhausting
Depleting one's stamina
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearyingCausing gradual exhaustion
- enervatingCausing loss of vigor
taxing · demanding · grueling · sapping · debilitating · wearing · depleting · soul-sucking · dispiriting · demoralizing
needy
Wanting in essentials
- toxicCapable of causing harm
- demandingRequiring great effort
- narcissistSelf-obsessed person
manipulator · complainer · pessimist · boundary-crossing · clingy · high-maintenance · exhausting · suffocating · overbearing · parasitic
marshland
Waterlogged lowland area
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- peatbogWetland with decomposing vegetation
- reclamationRecovery of something lost
dredging · irrigation · ditches · channels · agriculture · floodplain · waterlogged · silt · runoff · pumping
- addictsaddicts, addict, junkies, drug addict, drug addicts
- weakenerssap, fatigue, stress, erosion, corrosive
drainersenergizers
Things that stimulate activity
uplifters · rechargers · nourishers · encouragers · inspirers
- drained awayFlowed until gone
- drained the swampEliminated systemic corruption
- drained outHad contents removed
- dish drainerSink-side plate holder
- color drained