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swoon

[ swoon ]

verb (used without object)

  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.



noun

  1. a faint or fainting fit; syncope.

swoon

/ ɳː /

verb

  1. a literary word for faint
  2. to become ecstatic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an instance of fainting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɴǴDzԾԲ, adjective
  • ˈɴǴDzԾԲly, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • ɴǴDziԲ· adverb
  • ܲ·ɴǴDziԲ adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swoon1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English (verb) swo(w)nen “to faint,” originally as gerund swowening, swoghning “act of swooning,” ultimately continuing Old English (in compounds) “to rush, overrun, choke”; Middle English (noun) partly derivative of the verb, 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 ō, past participle of ō “to overcome” ( a- 3 ), or ō (past participle) “senseless, dead”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of swoon1

Old English ō insensible, past participle of ō (unattested except in compounds) to suffocate
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Example Sentences

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The Dodgers have now lost three consecutive series for the first time since last April, when they endured a similar early-season swoon.

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Indeed, the stock market’s resumed swoon Thursday suggests that Trump’s credibility as a tariff negotiator is shot.

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The Fab Four came together on stage this week for an all-star Beatles announcement that left some of the internet swooning.

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Iceman the fighter pilot left viewers swooning, but the part also underscored his power to carry a movie, even when he wasn’t billed as its lead.

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As for why Pam and Jim’s love story still makes viewers swoon, Fischer attributes it partly to the show’s mockumentary format, which allowed them to show “stolen moments” where people have their guard down.

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