fading

adj.declining

Synonyms for fading

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Word Origin & History

early 14c., "lose brightness, grow pale," from Old French fader "become weak, wilt, wither," from adj. fade "pale, weak, insipid" (12c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, some sort of blending of Latin fatuus "silly, tasteless" + vapidus "flat, flavorless." Related: Faded; fading. As a noun, from c.1300.

Example Sentences forfading

Then the fiery vapour was dissipated, and the sunset ended by fading away.

But the moon had presently sunk, and to the east the stars were fading.

Is it faint, or fading, or to be looked for by the eye before it can be found out?

She had felt lonely then in the soft light of the fading day.

They drove along the streets where the lanterns were fading.

It was now an hour after sunset, the light was fading, and the traffic was sinking down.

Roma's spirits were rising every minute, and her nervousness was fading away.

It was on the evening of the third, just as the day was fading, that he called me softly to him.

The twilight seemed to prefigure the fading of the human race.

The difficulties of the language are fading away one by one.

fading

attenuation

decay

disappearance

dying

evanescent

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