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FAINT
faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted
(adjective) lacking conviction or boldness or courage; “faint heart ne’er won fair lady”
dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy
(adjective) lacking clarity or distinctness; “a dim figure in the distance”; “only a faint recollection”; “shadowy figures in the gloom”; “saw a vague outline of a building through the fog”; “a few wispy memories of childhood”
faint
(adjective) indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; “a faint clue to the origin of the mystery”; “haven’t the faintest idea”
faint, weak
(adjective) deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; “a faint outline”; “the wan sun cast faint shadows”; “the faint light of a distant candle”; “weak colors”; “a faint hissing sound”; “a faint aroma”; “a weak pulse”
faint, feeble
(adjective) lacking strength or vigor; “damning with faint praise”; “faint resistance”; “feeble efforts”; “a feeble voice”
faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded
(adjective) weak and likely to lose consciousness; “suddenly felt faint from the pain”; “was sick and faint from hunger”; “felt light in the head”; “a swooning fit”; “light-headed with wine”; “light-headed from lack of sleep”
faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium
(noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
faint, conk, swoon, pass out
(verb) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
faint (comparative fainter, superlative faintest)
(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected
Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp
Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy
Slight; minimal.
Noun
faint (plural faints)
The act of fainting, syncope.
(rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
Etymology 2
Verb
faint (third-person singular simple present faints, present participle fainting, simple past and past participle fainted)
(intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
(intransitive) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
(intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
Synonyms
• (to loose consciousness): pass out, swoon, sweb, black out, keel over
• queal
Anagrams
• Fanti, fitna
Source: Wiktionary
Faint, a. [Compar. Fainter (-r); superl. Faintest.] Etym: [OE. faint, feint, false, faint, F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See Faign, and cf. Feint.]
1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." Old Proverb.
3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
4. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance. The faint prosecution of the war. Sir J. Davies.
Faint, n.
Definition: The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n. The saint, Who propped the Virgin in her faint. Sir W. Scott.
Faint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fainting.]
1. To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n. Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away. Guardian. If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by the way. Mark viii. 8.
2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent. If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Prov. xxiv. 10.
3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish. Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye. Pope.
Faint, v. t.
Definition: To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. [Obs.] It faints me to think what follows. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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