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Definitions for Swoon

[1] to faint; lose consciousness.
[2] to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy: The teenagers swooned at the sight of the singing star.
[3] a faint or fainting fit; syncope.
[4] a literary word for faint
[5] to become ecstatic
[6] an instance of fainting

Words related to Swoon

drop, collapse, weaken

Words nearby Swoon

swollen head, swollen-headed, swoln, swonk, swonken, swoon, swoop, swoosh, swop, sword, sword bayonet

Origin of Swoon

1250–1300; (v.) Middle English swo(w)nen to faint, orig. as gerund swowening, swoghning act of swooning, ultimately continuing Old English -swōgan (in compounds) to rush, overrun, choke; (noun) Middle English, partly derivative of the v., partly extracted from in (a ) swoune, on swoune, alteration of a swoune, aswoune in a swoon, as if equivalent to a a-1 + swoon (noun), but probably continuing Old English āswōgen, past participle of āswōgan to overcome (see a-3), or geswōgen (past participle) senseless, dead

Other words from Swoon

swoon·ing·ly , adverb
un·swoon·ing , adjective

Word origin for Swoon

Old English geswōgen insensible, past participle of swōgan (unattested except in compounds) to suffocate

Synonyms for Swoon

pass out, collapse, drop, weaken, be overcome, become unconscious, black out, feel giddy, feel lightheaded, go out like a light, keel over, lose consciousness