FAINT


Meaning of FAINT in English

n. 25B6; adjective

a faint mark : INDISTINCT, vague, unclear, indefinite, ill-defined, imperceptible, unobtrusive; pale, light, faded.

a faint cry : QUIET, muted, muffled, stifled; feeble, weak, whispered, murmured, indistinct; low, soft, gentle.

a faint possibility : SLIGHT, slender, slim, small, tiny, negligible, remote, vague, unlikely, improbable; informal minuscule.

faint praise : UNENTHUSIASTIC, half-hearted, weak, feeble.

I suddenly felt faint : DIZZY, giddy, light-headed, unsteady; informal woozy.

clear, loud, strong.

25B6; verb she thought he would faint : PASS OUT, lose consciousness, black out, keel over, swoon; informal flake out, conk out, zonk out, go out like a light.

25B6; noun a dead faint : BLACKOUT, fainting fit, loss of consciousness, swoon; Medicine syncope.

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