1. A feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon 
2. The property of being without strength
   "the faintness or potency of the feeling" 
3. Barely audible 
4. The trait of lacking boldness and courage
   "faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose"
   - faintheartedness 
5. The quality of being dim or lacking contrast
   - dimness

Derived forms: faintnesses

See also: faint

Type of: blurriness, feeling, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness, timidity, timorousness, weakness

Encyclopedia: Faintness

• genus Lutjanus
• genus Lutra
• genus Luvarus
• genus Lycaena
• genus Lycaeon
• genus Lychnis
• genus Lycium
• genus Lycoperdon
• genus Lycopersicon
• genus Lycopersicum
• genus Lycopodium
• genus Lycopus
• genus Lycosa
• genus Lyginopteris
• genus Lygodium
• genus Lygus
• genus Lymantria
• genus Lynx
• genus Lyonia
• genus Lyrurus
• genus Lysichiton
• genus Lysichitum
• genus Lysiloma
• genus Lysimachia
• genus Lythrum