"faded" in the verb sense
1. fade, melt
become less clearly visible or distinguishable disappear gradually or seemingly
"The scene begins to fade"
"The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
2. fade, wither
lose freshness, vigor, or vitality
"Her bloom was fading"
3. evanesce, fade, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass
disappear gradually
"The pain eventually passed off"
4. languish, fade
become feeble
"The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon"
"faded" in the adjective sense
1. bleached, faded, washed-out, washy
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
"sun-bleached deck chairs"
"faded jeans"
"a very pale washed-out blue"
"washy colors"
2. attenuate, attenuated, faded, weakened
reduced in strength
"the faded tones of an old recording"
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