faint

Plural: faints

Noun

• a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
• The act of fainting, syncope.
• The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.

Verb

Verb Forms: fainted, fainting, faints

• To lose consciousness, typically from lack of oxygen or blood flow.
• pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
• 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).
• To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
• To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

Adjective Satellite

• 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"
  • "a faint hissing sound"
  • "a faint aroma"
• lacking clarity or distinctness
  • "only a faint recollection"
• lacking strength or vigor
  • "damning with faint praise"
  • "faint resistance"
• weak and likely to lose consciousness
  • "suddenly felt faint from the pain"
  • "was sick and faint from hunger"
• indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
  • "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"
  • "haven't the faintest idea"
• lacking conviction or boldness or courage
  • "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"

Adj

• 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.
• Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.

Adjective

• Lacking strength, vigor, or clarity; indistinct.

Examples

• faint efforts
• faint resistance
• He almost fell faint due to the hot climate.
• He might FAINT from excitement if he managed to play ’QUIZZIFY’ on a triple word score.
• I felt faint after my fifth gin and tonic.
• She suffered another faint.
• The FAINT possibility of a bingo kept her searching her rack for minutes.
• There was a faint red light in the distance.

Synonyms

conk, deliquium, dim, faint-hearted, fainthearted, feeble, light, light-headed, lightheaded, pass out, shadowy, swoon, swooning, syncope, timid, vague, weak, wispy, black out, bland, colourless, dingy, dull, faint, keel over, lackluster, leaden, muddy, queal, sad, sober, sweb, uncolorful, unholiday, wan

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