Meanings (ES + gloss)
desabrido • insulso • insípido • soso
Weak; insipid; tasteless.
1825, Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey, review of Theodric by Thomas Campbell Passages that are somewhat fade.
His masculine taste gave him a sense of something fade and ludicrous.
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Meanings (ES + gloss)
atenuarse • disminuir • disminuirse
To grow weak; to lose strength; to decay; to perish gradually; to wither, as a plant.
The earth mourneth and fadeth away.
desteñir • desvaírse
To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color.
The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but…
[flowers] that never fade
desvanecerse • disiparse
To sink away; to disappear gradually; to grow dim; to vanish.
He makes a swanlike end, / Fading in music.
The milkman's whistling faded into the distance.
deslucir
To cause to fade.
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