fainter
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3.6
- adjective
- /ˈfeɪntər/
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más tenue
- Most of the stars are much smaller and fainter than the sun.
- fainter stars
- much fainter
- fainter objects
So it's all coming off because I want the faintest amount on the lashes.
- So it's all coming off because I want the faintest amount on the lashes.
- Most of the stars are much smaller and fainter than the sun.
- And it's probably because they'd just be incredibly faint, making them so difficult to spot.
- So they're a lot fainter, and so they're a lot harder to see.
- Now what happens with most people, I maintain, is that voice that we have gets fainter and fainter and fainter.
- And that means that you can see things that are fainter and farther away and study them in more detail.
Examples
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The noise of the engine gets fainter and fainter, and I begin to count out loud.
Fiction book (2000) -
Regulus, the brightest star in Leo and just slightly fainter than Saturn, lies 5 from the pair.
Academic text (2007) -
But her voice was fainter now; it came to him as if from a great distance.
Fiction book (1996) -
We're headed in the right direction, but the signal's getting fainter.
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The tiny male voice grew fainter and fainter until it was just a scratch in the dark air.
Fiction book (2002) -
With each glance at the dress, the sense that she should remember was fainter, less imperative.
Fiction book (1994) -
Finally, the sound of her voice became fainter and fainter until she disappeared entirely from Nora's life.
Fiction book (1998) -
Thus, the gibbous, quarter, and crescent phases are much fainter than the full phase.
Academic text (2004) -
Daylight shaded into a fainter but pinker illumination from the setting sun.
Fiction book (2000) -
The music from the old radio was fainter than it had been earlier in the evening.
Synonyms
797
1.0
Quiet and hard to hear
148
2.7
Very slight and hard to notice
69
1.0
Not strong in sound, light, or color
62
1.0
Not bright and having only a little light
1
7.0
A weak light that is not bright
Pale and weak light that is not bright
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Etymology
The word fainter is the comparative of faint, which means 'weak', 'dim', or 'less strong', so when a sound or light becomes 'fainter' it grows more 'dim' and harder to notice.