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.—
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rather than buy faded jeans, I get the dark blues and let time and the washing machine do their thing
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Her devotees are still sweating through workouts at a faded gym in Queens.
—Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 21 May 2025
It’s all come a long way from Tennant’s time in a house of eight girls at university, laundry drying racks layered with shapeless, faded underwear.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 May 2025
Yellow Or Faded Leaves Yellow or faded leaves indicate too much water and can be one of the earliest signs of root rot.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 May 2025
Offering a 23% concentration of pure vitamin C, this formula delivers some serious brightening benefits, resulting in a more even-looking complexion and faded hyperpigmentation.
—Denise Primbet, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2025
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Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 21 May 2025
It’s all come a long way from Tennant’s time in a house of eight girls at university, laundry drying racks layered with shapeless, faded underwear.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 May 2025
Yellow Or Faded Leaves Yellow or faded leaves indicate too much water and can be one of the earliest signs of root rot.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 May 2025
Offering a 23% concentration of pure vitamin C, this formula delivers some serious brightening benefits, resulting in a more even-looking complexion and faded hyperpigmentation.
—Denise Primbet, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for faded
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“Faded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faded. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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