défraîchi — meaning in English

English meaning

• faded adj Having lost its original brightness or colour.
• stale adj No longer fresh; dried out or gone off, especially food or drink.

Senses

défraîchi is used for these senses in English:

• faded That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.
• long in the tooth (idiomatic) Old; aged.
• stale No longer fresh, new, or interesting, in reference to ideas and immaterial things; clichéd, hackneyed, dated.

faded — full definition

1. adj Having lost its original brightness or colour.
2. adj Having lost former strength or intensity.

stale — full definition

1. adj No longer fresh; dried out or gone off, especially food or drink.
2. adj No longer fresh or interesting; overused, clichéd, or dated.
3. verb To become, or make, stale; to lose freshness or interest.

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