fade (feelings, affection)
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- 1 fade (feelings, affection)、weaken (a relationship or bond)、grow distant
Describes feelings, bonds, or relationships gradually losing their former strength or closeness.
fade (feelings, affection)、weaken (a relationship or bond)、grow distant
Describes affection, interest, or a personal bond becoming weaker and less close over time.
Learning notes
Explanation
จืดจาง combines จืด, “bland or lacking intensity,” with จาง, “to become faint.” Its underlying image is something once strong or concentrated gradually becoming weaker. It commonly occurs with ความรัก (love), ความสัมพันธ์ (relationship), and ความผูกพัน (emotional bond). Frequent patterns include จืดจางลง “grow weaker,” จืดจางไป “fade away,” เริ่มจืดจาง “begin to fade,” and ค่อย ๆ จืดจาง “gradually fade.”
Usage
Used when love, friendship, closeness, or another emotional bond has weakened because of time, distance, or a lack of contact. It is suitable in both everyday conversation and writing.
Caution
จืดจาง does not necessarily mean that a feeling has disappeared completely or that a relationship has ended. If the main point is that people have less contact and have grown apart, เหินห่าง may be more appropriate.
Differences from similar words
1 fade (feelings, affection) synonyms
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คลาย broadly means to ease or subside, especially with tension, pain, worry, or emotion. จืดจาง more specifically suggests that affection or a relationship is losing its former strength.
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เหินห่าง focuses on people becoming distant or having less contact. จืดจาง can also describe the fading of affection, attachment, or the emotional strength of a relationship.