faded

American  

[fey-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

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

Etymology

Origin of faded

fade ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The “emancipationist vision of Civil War memory” faded, as Yale University historian David Blight detailed in “Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory,” and “romance triumphed over reality.”

From Salon

What faded wasn’t body positivity, but the pressure to pretend everyone believed in it.

From The Wall Street Journal

These results stand in contrast to earlier preschool studies, which often found short-term benefits that faded by kindergarten.

From Science Daily

Analysts note that Google parent Alphabet has made previous attempts at offering home listings that faded out.

From Barron's

By then, the supernova should have faded by more than two magnitudes, making it easier to fully study the faint host galaxy and confirm exactly how much light came from the supernova itself.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• run down
• seedy
• shabby
• tacky
• tattered
• threadbare
• worn