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Definition of Faded
1. Adjective. Having lost freshness or brilliance of color. "Washy colors"
2. Adjective. Reduced in strength. "The faded tones of an old recording"
Definition of Faded
1. a. That has lost freshness, color, or brightness; grown dim.
Definition of Faded
1. Verb. (past of ''fade'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Faded
1. fade [v] - See also: fade
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faded
Literary usage of Faded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"THE NEW STAR WHICH faded INTO STAR-MIST. THE appearance (probably sudden) of a
new star in the constellation of the Swan last autumn promises to throw even ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1908)
"The torn condition of many leaves, the faded state of the ink, and the covering
of the original writing by the later made the decipherment an extremely ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"0.015 gram of blood was added to 1 gram of feces; guaiac, turpentine method, deep
purple-blue, which faded, was positive; ..."
4. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"I care not if the Pharisees of song Withhold their critic praise, If here and
there, among the common throng, A glad heart greets my lays. faded VIOLETS A ..."
5. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... tho Pythian precinct it even still visible, though in faded letter», to tin»
purport: , tho eon of nipping, here, ..."
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