Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faded

/ˈfeɪdɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.73 in modern English

Syllables: fad-ed
IPA: /ˈfeɪdɪd/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.

adj

That has lost some of its former strength or vigour.

adj

High on drugs; stoned.

American usage; Slang

verb

simple past and past participle of fade

Example Sentences

"a faded tablecloth"
"The stop line had a faded appearance but remained visible."
"a faded rock star of the 1970s"
"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."
"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?!""

Usage

American usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

more faded (comparative) most faded (superlative)

Derived Forms

fadedly fadedness unfaded

Synonyms

baked blazed blitzed blown chemically impaired chopped cut drugged drugged-out fuckered up fried gassed

Rhymes With

aided invaded graded degraded downgraded jaded

Questions

How do you pronounce faded?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfeɪdɪd/.
What does faded mean?: That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.

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