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
Lynne TillmanExamples 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
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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
Everything below that will be flooded, according to IPCC predictions, so his maps show those areas as underwater, with what’s land today shown as a faded layer.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
As Joe Gillis, the down-on-his-luck screenwriter drawn into the orbit of Scherzinger's delusional faded film star Norma Desmond, the 25-year-old gives a simmering and seductive performance that feels both timeless and freshly original.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Like Napoleon’s Uncle Rico, who dwells on his long-ago high-school-football days, Garrett is living in the faded aura of past glory: in his case, a 1989 video-game championship.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
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Denise Primbet, Glamour, 28 Apr. 2025
Everything below that will be flooded, according to IPCC predictions, so his maps show those areas as underwater, with what’s land today shown as a faded layer.
—Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
As Joe Gillis, the down-on-his-luck screenwriter drawn into the orbit of Scherzinger's delusional faded film star Norma Desmond, the 25-year-old gives a simmering and seductive performance that feels both timeless and freshly original.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Like Napoleon’s Uncle Rico, who dwells on his long-ago high-school-football days, Garrett is living in the faded aura of past glory: in his case, a 1989 video-game championship.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Faded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faded. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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