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

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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

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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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