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• past tense form of fade.
• past participle of fade.

faded

American  

[fay-did] / ˈfeɪ dɪd /

adjective

1. having lost brightness, intensity, volume, etc., as of light, color, or sound.

   She was wearing a faded polyester skirt.

2. having lost freshness, vigor, strength, or health.

   Regular removal of faded flowers is often needed to keep annuals blooming.

3. having gradually disappeared or died out.

   The movie’s main theme is the resuscitation of faded love.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of fade.

Other Word Forms

• fadedness
  noun
• unfaded
  adjective
• well-faded
  adjective
• fadedly
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of faded

fade ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

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Explanation

Faded things have lost the bright color they once had. Your faded jeans, once dark blue but now pale and worn, might be your favorite thing to wear. Clothes become faded after being worn and washed again and again, and in many places the landscape itself seems faded in the wintertime, all dull grays and pale browns. Strength, energy, or vitality can also become faded, like a boxer toward the end of a long match. The Old French root of faded is fader, "become weak," from fade, "weak, pale, or insipid."

Example Sentences

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faded

The underdog schtick from the year before had faded.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Ten-year Treasury and German Bund yields fell to multiweek lows on Thursday as the impact of higher-than-expected U.S. inflation data faded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Spices that had faded into the background suddenly become legible again.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

That’s what happened after the pandemic faded away in 2021 and 2022.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

Momma Rossi stared at him with dark eyes and her smile faded.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith

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