🧠 Less clear 👖 No longer bright 🍻 Intoxicated

faded

9.8

Not sober because of alcohol or drugs

adjective
/ˈfeɪdɪd/

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: drogado

After a long night of partying, he felt completely faded and struggled to focus on anything.

Yeah, faded means faded, but that doesn't mean high.

Examples

Though he usually stays sober, last Friday he decided to get faded with his friends at the bar.
She always gets faded during the music festival, dancing joyfully without a care in the world.
Yeah, faded means faded, but that doesn't mean high.

Bobbi Althoff
If you act like that, if you act confident, if you act like destiny is with me, I was faded for great things, Great things will happen to you.
But allegedly she is like star crossed faded in love with Noah, even though it really doesn't feel like it.

Synonyms

gone

vsfaded

Slang

96 9.0

Unable to control actions because of alcohol or drugs

is less extreme and usually means visibly under substance effects

wasted

vsfaded

NSFW

8.4

Very drunk or affected by drugs and unable to think clearly

is noticeably affected by substances but often less extreme

pixilated

vsfaded

Archaic

9.9

Feeling very drunk and acting foolishly

is modern informal slang rather than an old-fashioned term

Antonyms

sober

269 3.2

Not having drunk alcohol or taken drugs

clearheaded

1 4.9

Able to think clearly and make good decisions

How Intoxicated

wasted

NSFW

8.4

hammered

Slang

1 8.4

drunk

∞ 1.6

faded

NSFW

9.8

tipsy

Informal

18 4.8

sober

269 3.2

Surface Forms

faded positive

Morphology

faded = fade (semi-transparent) = fade + ed

This slang sense is a figurative extension from 'losing intensity' to being under the influence; the connection is metaphorical and not fully predictable for learners.

Etymology

Faded comes from the verb fade, 'to lose brightness or strength'. A helpful way to remember the slang use is to imagine a person's energy or control slowly 'going away', so when someone is drunk or high they are called faded.