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Defenition of the word faint

    • Defenition of the word faint

      • 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"
      • indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"
      • 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"
      • 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"
      • lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
      • 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"
      • a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
      • lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne''er won fair lady"
      • 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
      • lacking clarity or distinctness
      • indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
      • deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
      • lacking strength or vigor
      • weak and likely to lose consciousness

    Synonyms for the word faint

      • conk
      • dim
      • fainthearted
      • feeble
      • light
      • light-headed
      • pass out
      • shadowy
      • swoon
      • swooning
      • syncope
      • timid
      • vague
      • wispy

    Similar words in the faint

      • coward
      • cowardly
      • fearful
      • ill
      • indistinct
      • perceptible
      • sick
      • weak

    Hypernyms for the word faint

      • black out
      • lose consciousness
      • loss of consciousness
      • pass out
      • zonk out

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