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faint
[ feynt ]
adjective
- lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.:
a faint light;
a faint color;
a faint sound.
Synonyms: , , ,
- feeble or slight:
faint resistance;
faint praise;
a faint resemblance.
Synonyms: ,
- feeling weak, dizzy, or exhausted; about to lose consciousness:
faint with hunger.
Synonyms:
- lacking courage; cowardly; timorous:
Faint heart never won fair maid.
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- Law. unfounded:
a faint action.
verb (used without object)
- to lose consciousness temporarily.
- to lose brightness.
- Archaic. to grow weak; lose spirit or courage.
noun
- a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:
to fall into a faint.
faint
/ ڱɪԳ /
adjective
- lacking clarity, brightness, volume, etc
a faint noise
- lacking conviction or force; weak
faint praise
- feeling dizzy or weak as if about to lose consciousness
- without boldness or courage; timid (esp in the combination faint-hearted )
- not the faintest or not the faintest idea or not the faintest notionno idea whatsoever
I haven't the faintest
verb
- to lose consciousness, esp momentarily, as through weakness
- archaic.to fail or become weak, esp in hope or courage
noun
- a sudden spontaneous loss of consciousness, usually momentary, caused by an insufficient supply of blood to the brain Technical namesyncope
Derived Forms
- ˈڲԳٱ, adverb
- ˈڲԳٲԱ, noun
- ˈڲԳپԱ, noun
- ˈڲԳپ, adjective
- ˈڲԳپԲ, adverb
- ˈڲԳٱ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ڲԳİ noun
- ڲԳiԲ· adverb
- ڲԳi adjective
- ڲԳi·ness noun
- ڲԳl adverb
- ڲԳn noun
- v·ڲԳ adjective
- over·ڲԳl adverb
- over·ڲԳn noun
- ܲ·ڲԳiԲ adjective
- un·ڲԳl adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of faint1
Idioms and Phrases
see damn with faint praise .Example Sentences
The San Antonio Fire Department responded to the concert hall to a “report of an elderly patient who had reportedly fainted,” a spokesperson confirmed to The Times on Wednesday.
The faint of heart will want to close their eyes when he sews on eyelashes in one of several squirm-inducing sequences.
"I'm either going to faint or throw up," declared Lola Young near the start of her set last weekend.
Quasem also clearly remembers the faint blue tiles from his cell, now lying in pieces on the floor, which led investigators to this particular room.
If 1960s Beatlemania was defined by teenage girls fainting and screaming, the plan now is arguably to get Gen Z - in internet parlance - "screaming, crying, throwing up" from behind their phone screens in excitement.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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