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Adjective: faint (fainter,faintest) feynt- 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"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma" - weak - Lacking clarity or distinctness
"only a faint recollection" - dim, shadowy, vague, wispy - Lacking strength or vigour
"damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance" - feeble - Weak and likely to lose consciousness
"suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger" - light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded - 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
"faint heart ne'er won fair lady" - fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted Verb: faint feynt- Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
- conk, swoon, pass out Noun: faint feynt- A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
- swoon, syncope, deliquium
Sounds like: feint Derived forms: faintest, fainting, fainted, faints, fainter See also: cowardly, faintly, faintness, fearful, ill, indistinct, perceptible, sick, weak Type of: black out, loss of consciousness, pass out, zonk, zonk out Encyclopedia: Faint Faint, The |