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Definitions for Fainting
[1] lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
[2] feeble or slight: faint resistance; faint praise; a faint resemblance.
[3] feeling weak, dizzy, or exhausted; about to lose consciousness: faint with hunger.
[4] lacking courage; cowardly; timorous: Faint heart never won fair maid.
[5] Law . unfounded: a faint action.
[6] to lose consciousness temporarily.
[7] to lose brightness.
[8] Archaic . to grow weak; lose spirit or courage.
[9] a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon: to fall into a faint.
[10] lacking clarity, brightness, volume, etc a faint noise
[11] lacking conviction or force; weak faint praise
[12] feeling dizzy or weak as if about to lose consciousness
[13] without boldness or courage; timid (esp in the combination faint-hearted )
[14] not the faintest , not the faintest idea or not the faintest notion no idea whatsoever I haven't the faintest
[15] to lose consciousness, esp momentarily, as through weakness
[16] archaic , or poetic to fail or become weak, esp in hope or courage
[17] a sudden spontaneous loss of consciousness, usually momentary, caused by an insufficient supply of blood to the brain Technical name: syncope
Words related to Fainting
faintswoon, succumb, flicker, collapse, drop, fade, fall, fail, weaken, languish
Words nearby Fainting
faintfaille, failure, fain, fainaigue, fainites, faint, faintheart, fainthearted, faints, fainty, fainéant
Origin of Fainting
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French, past participle of faindre, variant of feindre to feign
Words that may be confused with Fainting
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, faintfain, faint, feign, feint
Other words from Fainting
faint·er , noun
faint·ing·ly , adverb
faint·ish , adjective
faint·ish·ness , noun
faint·ly , adverb
faint·ness , noun
o·ver·faint , adjective
o·ver·faint·ly , adverb
o·ver·faint·ness , noun
un·faint·ing , adjective
un·faint·ly , adverb
faint v.
Word origin for Fainting
C13: from Old French, from faindre to be idle
Synonyms for Fainting
black out, keel over, pass out, succumb, swoon, collapse, drop, fade, fail, fall, flicker, languish, weaken, be overcome, become unconscious, go out like light