faded
having lost freshness or brilliance of color
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,704 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,166 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- having lost freshness or brilliance of color also: bleached, washed-out, washy sun-bleached deck chairsfaded jeans
- reduced in strength also: attenuate, attenuated, weakened the faded tones of an old recording
faded in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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The grin faded out of John's face.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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Stitches of new worsted showed through the faded designs on the hearth-rugs.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Zeena herself, from an oppressive reality, had faded into an insubstantial shade.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1
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And to his right rose moor after moor, hill after hill, till they faded away, blue into blue sky.
The Water-Babies · Charles Kingsley · Chapter 1
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His colour sickened more and more, He faded into age; And then his enemies began To show their deadly rage.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1