faint

[faint]

Something faint has no courage or vigor. If you suddenly round the corner and see a gang of bullies staring straight at you, chances are you'll feel faint.

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Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

Noun
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

Verb
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

Adjective S.
lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne''er won fair lady"

Adjective S.
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 S.
indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven''t the faintest idea"

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Adjective S.
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"

Adjective S.
lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"

Adjective S.
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"

superl.
Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

superl.
Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."

superl.
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.

superl.
Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.

n.
The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.

v. i.
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. See Fainting, n.

n.
To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

n.
To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

v. t.
To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.

Faint

Faint , a. [Compar. Fainter (-?r); superl. Faintest.] [OE. faint, feint, false, faint, F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See Faign, and cf. Feint.] 1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. 2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." Old Proverb. 3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound. 4. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.

The faint prosecution of the war.

Faint

Faint, n. The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.

The saint, Who propped the Virgin in her faint.

Faint

Faint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fainting.] 1. 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. See Fainting, n.

Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away.

If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by the way.

2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.

Faint

Faint , v. t. To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. [Obs.]

It faints me to think what follows.

Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.

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. See Fainting, n.

To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.

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Usage Examples

I'm a huge Wes Anderson fan I would faint if I met him, let alone got to work with him.

The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than my failure or perhaps equal to the failure.

Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. I may joke about knowing fear, but the fact is, the first time I ever knew real fear was the day Charlotte, my first child, was born. Suddenly there is someone in the world you care about more than anything.

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.

The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.