1. Having lost freshness or brilliance of colour
   "faded jeans";
   - bleached, washed-out, washy
    
2. Reduced in strength
   "the faded tones of an old recording";
   - attenuate, attenuated, weakened

1. Become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly
   "The scene begins to fade";
   - melt
    
2. Disappear gradually
   "The pain eventually faded";
   - evanesce, blow over, pass off, fleet, pass
    
3. Lose freshness, vigour, or vitality
   "Her bloom was fading";
   - wither
    
4. Become feeble
   "Her strength faded as the illness progressed";
   - languish

See also: colorless [US], colourless [Brit, Cdn], decreased, reduced

Type of: degenerate, deteriorate, devolve, disappear, drop, go away, vanish, weaken

Encyclopedia: Faded