FADED
Dictionary entry overview: What does faded mean? • FADED (adjective)
The adjective FADED has 2 senses:
1. having lost freshness or brilliance of color
2. reduced in strength
Familiarity information: FADED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FADED (adjective)
Meaning:
Having lost freshness or brilliance of color
Synonyms:
bleached; faded; washed-out; washy
Context examples:
sun-bleached deck chairs / faded jeans / a very pale washed-out blue / washy colors
Similar:
colorless; colourless (weak in color; not colorful)
Meaning:
Reduced in strength
Synonyms:
attenuate; attenuated; faded; weakened
Context example:
the faded tones of an old recording
Similar:
decreased; reduced (made less in size or amount or degree)
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