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ADJECTIVE faint COMPARATIVE fainter SUPERLATIVE faintest

faint English

Meaning faint meaning

What does faint mean?
Definitions in simple English

faint Verb

— When someone faints, they suddenly become unconscious and cannot be woken up easily. Get help quick! Someone has fainted here! Under a hot sun, humans faint easily.

faint Adjective

— When something is faint, it is not clear, very small.

faint

— adjective (= weak) deficient in magnitude; 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 weak colors a faint hissing sound a faint aroma a weak pulse — adjective (= dim, shadowy, vague, wispy) 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 — adjective (= feeble) lacking strength or vigor damning with faint praise faint resistance feeble efforts a feeble voice — adjective (= light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded) 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 — verb (= pass out) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain — noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain — adjective indistinctly understood or felt or perceived a faint clue to the origin of the mystery haven't the faintest idea — adjective (= faint-hearted) lacking conviction or boldness or courage faint heart ne'er won fair lady

Synonyms faint synonyms

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faint English » English

swoon weak dim lose consciousness pass out indistinct feeble light syncope black out vague soft droop dizzy obscure collapse blurred languish languid hazy blackout unclear fuzzy dull unconsciousness trance thin slight pale insensibility infirm gentle faint away fade become unconscious weakly unconscious tired timid subtle stupor stupefaction sluggish shadowy quiet poor low light-headed fleeting faint-hearted

Topics faint topics

What do people use faint to talk about?
Person Healthy Symptom of disease

Lose consciousness
Person Sense, perceive See

Visible
Person Sense, perceive See

Transparent
Person Sense, perceive Hear

Quiet
Person Sense, perceive

Smell

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    faint
Person Body condition

Tired
States Quality Light

Color
Person Healthy

Sick
Person Healthy

Symptom of disease

Conjugation faint conjugation

How do you conjugate faint?

faint · verb

Examples faint examples

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Simple sentences

I think I'm going to faint.
I have a faint recollection of the event.
The future does not belong to the faint-hearted, it belongs to the brave.
On the faces of the grief-stricken refugees appeared a faint smile.
Tom suddenly felt like he was going to faint.
Don't faint! Not until you sign the contract.
It's not for the faint of heart.
I thought I was going to faint.
Did Tom faint?
Tom might faint.
Sirius is a binary star system. Sirius B, Sirius A's faint companion, is the white dwarf closest to our solar system. It is about as big as our earth.
Tom only has faint memories of his grandfather.
His breathing became faint.
She felt faint at the sight of blood.
It seemed as if she was going to faint.
Would God, I were the tender apple blossom, That floats and falls from off the twisted bough, To lie and faint within your silken bosom, Within your silken bosom as that does now.
Not for the faint-hearted!
Faint footprints in the dust lead off to the east.
The squalor of the slums is not for the faint hearted.
I feel dizzy. I think I'm going to faint.
The searchers could hear faint calls coming from deep within the cave.

Movie subtitles

I FEEL FAINT.
I think I'm going to faint.
Her heart beats fast, and - and she feels faint. And she won't answer.
That faint gleam of light.
They might faint on you.
Faint heart never found old lady.
Twice I keeled over in a dead faint.
I feel very faint.
And for a widow to appear in public at a social gathering. every time I think of it, I feel faint.
I think I shall faint.
Don't you dare faint, Pittypat!
I faint every time I hear one.
Don't. I shall faint.
I want you to faint. This is what you're meant for.
I thought I might faint. So I left her alone and she slammed the door behind me.
I feel faint.
I tell you, I feel faint. I'm going to faint.
I seem to have a faint recollection that you had that privilege before.
They might faint on you. I'll wait.
I've a faint suspicion it's more than pity.
And for a widow to appear in public at a social gathering every time I think of it, I feel faint.
I can't bear those cannonballs right in my ears! I faint every time I hear one.
If you still plan to threaten the Princess-- A disabled person and furthermore, one with a faint spirit, why would I want to touch her? But, compared to the Princess, shouldn't you worry about yourself?
She's gonna faint? Yes.
As she starts to faint, I'll imply that she's having an abnormal reaction, okay?
I'd faint.
Well, faint heart never won fair lady, or fat turkey.
Totally unmoved because I'd already seen so many like her. yet amused and attracted by her. I gave her a faint smile, like an understanding accomplice. and I spun the wheel.
Couldn't pick a better doctor to faint around.
FAINT.

News and current affairs

Writing that sentence almost makes me faint with boredom.
Facing an extraordinary rebuke from the Bank's ministerial oversight committee and open revolt from his professional staff, Wolfowitz has faint hope of limping through the last three years of his term.
The Nazis must have reveled in the knowledge that their virulent anti-Semitism found an echo - sometimes not so faint - in the rest of Europe.
Migration reform is not for the faint-hearted.
Finally, the two events saw the emergence of two rival political courts, each exuding the faint but unmistakable odor of a looming conflict.
Or have pro-Europeans become so faint-hearted and dejected that they prefer simply to hand over the reins to anti-European populists and nationalists?

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