Etymology: [ 'fAnt ] (adjective.) 14th century. From Middle English Old French feindre, faindre (“to feign, to sham, to work negligently”) Latin fingere (“to touch, handle, usually form, shape, frame, form in thought, imagine, conceive, contrive, devise, feign”).
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound, Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance, Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed, To lose consciousness. Caused by a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of a suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions), Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst, The state of one who has fainted; a swoon, The act of fainting, pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain, a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain, Someone who is faint feels weak and unsteady as if they are about to lose consciousness. Other signs of angina are nausea, sweating, feeling faint and shortness of breath, A faint sound, colour, mark, feeling, or quality has very little strength or intensity. He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping He could see faint lines in her face There was still the faint hope deep within him that she might never need to know. + faintly faint·ly He was already asleep in the bed, which smelled faintly of mildew She felt faintly ridiculous. = slightly, swoon, temporary loss of consciousness, temporarily lose consciousness, swoon, black out, pass out, lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood", A faint attempt at something is one that is made without proper effort and with little enthusiasm. Caroline made a faint attempt at a laugh A faint smile crossed the Monsignor's face and faded quickly + faintly faint·ly John smiled faintly and shook his head, weak, feeble; limp; dim; faded; fainthearted, timid, If you faint, you lose consciousness for a short time, especially because you are hungry, or because of pain, heat, or shock. She suddenly fell forward on to the table and fainted I thought he'd faint when I kissed him. = pass out Faint is also a noun. She slumped to the ground in a faint, indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea", To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken, a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady", 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"; "faint colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma", lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice", lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady", " Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound, weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep, To decay; to disappear; to vanish, Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady, The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon, ] See Fainting, n, See Fainting, n, To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent, To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; sometimes with away, swoon, plotz, An act of collapsing to a state to temporary unconsciousness, Present participle of faint, in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly, The property of being or feeling faint, past of faint, one who tends to lose consciousness, one who tends to pass out, Comparative form of faint; more faint, emphasis You can use faintest for emphasis in negative statements. For example, if you say that someone hasn't the faintest idea what to do, you are emphasizing that they do not know what to do. I haven't the faintest idea how to care for a snake = slightest, remotest, Superlative form of faint; most faint, weakest, most dim, syncope, swooning, passing out, losing consciousness, Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak, weakly, feebly; quietly; cowardly, timidly, to a faint degree or weakly perceived; "between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly"; "stars shining faintly through the overcast"; "could hear his distant shouts only faintly"; "the rumors weren't even faintly true", In a faint, weak, or timidmanner, The property of feeling faint, Want of vigor or energy, the quality of being dim, barely audible, weakness, feebleness; dimness; timidness; feeling of being ready to faint or pass out, Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection, Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description, The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control, This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil, plural of faint, The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints,
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Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound
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Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance - "do you have the faintest understanding of what they mean?"
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Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed - ""Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." Robert Burns - To Dr. Blackjack."
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To lose consciousness. Caused by a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of a suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions)
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Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst
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The state of one who has fainted; a swoon
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The act of fainting
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pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
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a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
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Someone who is faint feels weak and unsteady as if they are about to lose consciousness. Other signs of angina are nausea, sweating, feeling faint and shortness of breath
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A faint sound, colour, mark, feeling, or quality has very little strength or intensity. He became aware of the soft, faint sounds of water dripping He could see faint lines in her face There was still the faint hope deep within him that she might never need to know. + faintly faint·ly He was already asleep in the bed, which smelled faintly of mildew She felt faintly ridiculous. = slightly
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swoon, temporary loss of consciousness isim
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temporarily lose consciousness, swoon, black out, pass out fiil
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lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
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A faint attempt at something is one that is made without proper effort and with little enthusiasm. Caroline made a faint attempt at a laugh A faint smile crossed the Monsignor's face and faded quickly + faintly faint·ly John smiled faintly and shook his head
If you faint, you lose consciousness for a short time, especially because you are hungry, or because of pain, heat, or shock. She suddenly fell forward on to the table and fainted I thought he'd faint when I kissed him. = pass out Faint is also a noun. She slumped to the ground in a faint
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indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"
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To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken
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a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
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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"; "faint colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"
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lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
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lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
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" Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound
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weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep
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To decay; to disappear; to vanish
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Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady
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The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon
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See Fainting, n
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To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent
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To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; sometimes with away
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A faint.
swoon - ""I felt my strength fading away, and I was in a half swoon. How long this horrible thing lasted I know not, but it seemed that a long time must have passed before he took his foul, awful, sneering mouth away. I saw it drip with the fresh blood!""
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To faint.
plotz
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fainting
An act of collapsing to a state to temporary unconsciousness
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fainting
Present participle of faint
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faintly
in a faint manner; very quietly or lightly
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faintness
The property of being or feeling faint
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fainted
past of faint
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fainter
one who tends to lose consciousness, one who tends to pass out isim
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fainter
Comparative form of faint; more faint
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faintest
emphasis You can use faintest for emphasis in negative statements. For example, if you say that someone hasn't the faintest idea what to do, you are emphasizing that they do not know what to do. I haven't the faintest idea how to care for a snake = slightest, remotest
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faintest
Superlative form of faint; most faint
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faintest
weakest, most dim sıfat
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fainting
syncope
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fainting
swooning, passing out, losing consciousness isim
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fainting
Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak
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faintly
weakly, feebly; quietly; cowardly, timidly
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faintly
to a faint degree or weakly perceived; "between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly"; "stars shining faintly through the overcast"; "could hear his distant shouts only faintly"; "the rumors weren't even faintly true"
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faintly
In a faint, weak, or timidmanner
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faintness
The property of feeling faint
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faintness
Want of vigor or energy
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faintness
the quality of being dim
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faintness
barely audible
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faintness
weakness, feebleness; dimness; timidness; feeling of being ready to faint or pass out isim
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faintness
Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection
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faintness
Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description
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faintness
The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control
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faints
This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil
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faints
plural of faint
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faints
The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints
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