Unfading
adj.resilient, kindliterary
Meaning 1
Keeping its color or freshness over time.
Reach for it when Describing a material, image, or natural feature whose appearance lasts.
Mineral pigment gave the restored sign an unfading blue border.
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2Meaning 2
Remaining vivid, valued, or emotionally strong through the years.
Reach for it when Praising memory, affection, gratitude, or honor that does not diminish.
She carried unfading gratitude for the neighbor who found her brother.
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4- playful
fresh relevance survives changing fashions
not when not for literal pigment or solemn remembrance
- warm
affection or value persists through hardship
not when allows gradual fading while still continuing
- literary
deathless
honor or fame is imagined as immortal
not when too grand for personal everyday gratitude
- literary
indelible
a memory leaves a mark that cannot be erased
not when can describe painful as well as positive memories
Said against
3- fading
- bleached
- fleeting
It naturally appears in
3- unfading color
Unfading color made the woven banner suitable for the sunny hall.
- unfading memory
An unfading memory of the rescue drew them back each spring.
- unfading affection
Their unfading affection survived distance and long silences.
Where this comes from
- wiktionary, adjective literal: not losing color opens in a new tab for meaning 1 · retrieved 2026-07-26
- wiktionary, adjective figurative: lasting without diminishing opens in a new tab for meaning 2 · retrieved 2026-07-26
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