faded

comparative more faded · superlative most faded

1. That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.

   a faded tablecloth

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   The stop line had a faded appearance but remained visible.

   2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022

2. figurativelyThat has lost some of its former strength or vigour.

   a faded rock star of the 1970s

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   Some clients adjust their instructions as faded memories come into focus. Mr. Li recalled one prospective client who spent most of an hourlong phone call crying as she reminisced about her old home.

   2023 August 19, Vivian Wang, “In China, Artists Create Miniature Homes From Memories”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Aug 2023

3. USslangHigh on drugs; stoned.

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   As I'm walking through the festival entrance, a man casually vomits before continuing on, unfazed. ¶ Twenty-year-old me thinks, "Dope. That guy knows how to get faded like a champ!" ¶ Thirty-year-old me thinks, "I'm concerned for the boy's health and the general sanitation of this festival. Where are the comment cards located?!"

   2015 June 10, Farley Katz, “Music Festivals in Your Thirties”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2017

   Synonyms: baked, blazed, blitzed, blown, chemically impaired, chopped, cut, drugged

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of fade