Antonyms for fade

Grammar : Verb

Spell : feyd

Phonetic Transcription : feɪd

Definition of fade

Origin : 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.

verb lose color
verb dwindle, die out

Example sentences :

But where all things fade, how miserable to be the one that could not fade!
Extract from : « The Prophetic Pictures (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Methinks she will fade into the moonlight, which falls upon her through the window.
Extract from : « Sylph Etherege » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

It is just because there are so many obstacles in the way of your love that it does not fade.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

Fade at the Persian's foot, You that, our patrons were pledged, should never adorn a slave!
Extract from : « Graded Poetry: Second Year » by Various

And when it died away, did not he fade with it—fade until the Ionian waters took him?
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

She was one of those blondes who fade rapidly after their thirtieth year.
Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola

As we went further and further eastward, the darkness began to fade.
Extract from : « Five Mice in a Mouse-trap » by Laura E. Richards

On the third day they fade completely, and the development of the boll begins.
Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous

Wood of a white colour receives from the application of this liquid a beautiful yellow tinge, which is not liable to fade.
Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton

Indeed throughout the Republic he allows the lower ranks to fade into the distance.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Synonyms for fade

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