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Faint

adjective

(compar. fainter; superl. faintest)

1.

Deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc. Synonym: weak. "The wan sun cast faint shadows" , "The faint light of a distant candle" , "Weak colors" , "A faint hissing sound" , "A faint aroma" , "A weak pulse"

2.

Lacking clarity or distinctness. Synonyms: dim, shadowy, vague, wispy. "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"

3.

Lacking strength or vigor. Synonym: feeble. "Faint resistance" , "Feeble efforts" , "A feeble voice"

4.

Weak and likely to lose consciousness. Synonyms: light, light-headed, lightheaded, swooning. "Was sick and faint from hunger" , "Felt light in the head" , "A swooning fit" , "Light-headed with wine" , "Light-headed from lack of sleep"

5.

Indistinctly understood or felt or perceived. "Haven't the faintest idea"

6.

Lacking conviction or boldness or courage. Synonyms: faint-hearted, fainthearted, timid.

verb

(past & past part. fainted; pres. part. fainting)

1.

Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain. Synonyms: conk, pass out, swoon.

noun

1.

A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain. Synonyms: deliquium, swoon, syncope.

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... came from the people in the court. In the midst of them a woman was creating a commotion. She insisted on going out. She cried aloud that she would faint. It was Mrs. Garth again. The sheriff leaned over the table to ask if these questions concerned the inquiry, but Sim gave no time for protest. He never paused to think if his inquiries had ...

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... room above their heads. John felt a sinking sensation of disappointment as he realized it would be impossible for them to hear the conversation between the "Gink" and Gibson from where they were listening. The voices that came down to them were jumbled, faint, indistinguishable. Once Gibson laughed. Again the two voices above them stopped suddenly as if the two conspirators had ...

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... deeply humbled. He was of a feeble character, arrogant in prosperity, faint-hearted in adversity. Probably an agreement would have been come to between him and Lucullus— an agreement which there was every reason that the great-king should purchase by considerable sacrifices, and the Roman general should grant under tolerable conditions—had not the old ...

— The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) • Theodor Mommsen

... under foot and their beauty had suffered, their freshness was marred, and their perfume, rising acrid from bruised petals, greeted him unwholesomely after the fresh morning air, and rendered the atmosphere faint and oppressive. The stand with the flower pots, much disarranged, stood as he had left it when he pulled it roughly aside to get at the grate, and the fire had burnt out, leaving blackened embers to add to ...

— The Heavenly Twins • Madame Sarah Grand

... breeze at E., and E.S.E., till we got into the latitude of 7 deg. 45' N., and the longitude of 205 deg. E., where we had one calm day. This was succeeded by a N.E. by E., and E.N.E. wind. At first it blew faint, but freshened as we advanced to the N. We continued to see birds every day of the sorts last mentioned, sometimes in greater numbers than others, and between the latitude of 10 deg. and 11 deg., we saw several turtles. All these are looked upon as signs of the vicinity of land. ...

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