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/fˈeɪdəd/ /fˈeɪdɪd/ Listen

verb

Fade v. t. To cause to wither; to deprive of freshness or vigor; to wear away. "No winter could his laurels fade."

Fade v. i. (past & past part. faded; pres. part. fading)

To become fade; to grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant. "The earth mourneth and fadeth away."

To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color. "Flowers that never fade."

To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish. "The stars shall fade away." "He makes a swanlike end, Fading in music."

adjective

Faded adj. That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim. "His faded cheek." "Where the faded moon Made a dim silver twilight."

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Etymology of 'Faded'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Faded" Quotes from Famous Books

... childhood has dreams of. The little room I slept in had opposite its window the great grey cathedral wall; it was only in the evening that the sunlight crept round it and appeared in the room strained through the faded green blind. It must have been this silvery quietness of colour which in some subtle way affected me with the feeling of a continual Sabbath; and this was strengthened by the bells chiming hour after hour: the pathos, penitence, and hope expressed by the flying notes ...

— AE in the Irish Theosophist • George William Russell

... painted a spotless white and possessed, even from the outside, an air of quiet and unassuming elegance. A trim maid-servant opened the door and ushered him into a drawing-room of grey and silver, with a little faded blue in the silks of the French chairs. There were a few fine-point etchings upon the walls, a small grand piano in a corner, and very little furniture, although the little there was was French of the best period. There were no flowers and the atmosphere would have been chilly, but ...

— Nobody's Man • E. Phillips Oppenheim

... find an answer that satisfied, there would be new heaven and new earth for her. Here seemed to me the truth, the reason of the longing question in her eyes. Jealousy could not inspire that; certainly not a jealousy of what was long gone by, of a woman who to Elsa's fresh girlhood must be faded and almost sunk to middle age. "How did you contrive to love him?" That was Elsa's question, ...

— The King's Mirror • Anthony Hope

... voice in the world to come crying, "New dreams for old! New for old!"? Many have long in my heart been lying, Faded, weary, and cold. All of them, all, would I give for a new one. (Is there no seeker Of dreams that were?) Nor would I ask if the new were a true one: Only for new dreams! ...

— The Second Book of Modern Verse • Jessie B. Rittenhouse

... faded now, Leaving her bosom, cheek, and brow Whiter than sea-foam 'neath the moon; Her low voice ...

— Daisy Dare, and Baby Power - Poems • Rosa Vertner Jeffrey

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