Faint Definition

fānt

fainted, fainter, faintest, fainting, faints

adjective

fainter, faintest

Without strength; weak; feeble.

Webster's New World

Done without strength, vigor, or enthusiasm; halfhearted.

Webster's New World

Lacking clarity or distinctness.

A faint recollection.

American Heritage

Without courage or hope; timid.

Webster's New World

Small in degree or amount; meager.

Faint chance of getting a raise.

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noun

faints

A condition of temporary loss of consciousness as a result of an inadequate flow of blood to the brain; swoon.

Webster's New World

The crude, impure spirits given off in the first and last stages of the distillation of liquor.

Webster's New World

The act of fainting.

Wiktionary

(rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.

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consciousness

verb

fainted, fainting, faints

To fall into a usually brief state of unconsciousness.

American Heritage

To fall into a faint; swoon.

Webster's New World

To weaken; languish.

Webster's New World

To lose courage or hope.

Webster's New World

(intransitive) To lose consciousness. Caused by a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of a suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).

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Synonyms:
go-out-like-a-light
suffer sunstroke
succumb
drop
have a stroke
go into a coma
fall
be overcome
become unconscious
lose consciousness
black out
swoon
pass out
collapse
faint dead away

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Antonyms:
revive
come to
awaken

Other Word Forms of Faint

Noun

Singular:

faint

Plural:

faints

Adjective

Base Form:

faint

Comparative:

fainter

Superlative:

faintest

Origin of Faint

From Middle English, from Old French feindre, faindre (“to feign, to sham, to work negligently”), from Latin fingere (“to touch, handle, usually form, shape, frame, form in thought, imagine, conceive, contrive, devise, feign”).

From Wiktionary
Middle English deceitful, cowardly from Old French past participle of feindre to feign feign

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition