· become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"
Synonym(s): melt
Hypernym(s): weaken
· lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"
Synonym(s): wither
Hypernym(s): disappear, vanish, go_away
· disappear gradually; "The pain eventually passed off"
Synonym(s): evanesce, blow_over, pass_off, fleet, pass
Hypernym(s): disappear, vanish, go_away
· become feeble; "The prisoner has been languishing for years in the dungeon"
Synonym(s): languish
Hypernym(s): devolve, deteriorate, drop, degenerate
· having lost freshness or brilliance of color; "sun-bleached deck chairs"; "faded jeans"; "a very pale washed-out blue"; "washy colors"
Synonym(s): bleached, washed-out, washy
· reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"
Synonym(s): attenuate, attenuated, weakened