faded

adjective

fad·​ed ˈfā-dəd 

1

: having lost freshness or depth of color

faded jeans

a faded photograph from 1931

2

: having weakened or diminished with the passage of time

a faded memory

I lie on the bed and look out the window then at the room's whitewashed walls with their message of past and faded glory.

—Lynne Tillman

Synonyms

• dull
• dulled
• light
• pale
• pastel
• washed-out
• washy

Examples of faded in a Sentence

rather than buy faded jeans, I get the dark blues and let time and the washing machine do their thing

Recent Examples on the Web

There’s a good bit of history in the faded paint: The late D’Alessandros — Old Tommy and Young Tommy, both Baltimore mayors, and the father and brother, respectively, of Pelosi — appear. —Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 24 Nov. 2024

In between the customers, vendors were constantly on the move, expertly moving buckets of flowers from nearby coolers onto the floor or stripping faded petals and leaves from new bunches of flowers. —Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024

The Irishmen bogeyed 17 after Lowry’s faded tee shot landed in the gallery right of the green and McIlroy’s chip over the ridge of a bunker ran past the hole. —Brett Martel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2024

And now, decades later, Dora Richardson had become a faded historical aside, a name on a patent, and not much more. —Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing faded

• pre-faded