Swooning

swoon  (swn)

intr.v. swooned, swoon·ing, swoons

1. To faint.

2. To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy.

n.

1. A fainting spell; syncope. See Synonyms at blackout.

2. A state of ecstasy or rapture.

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[Middle English swounen, probably from iswowen, in a swoon, from Old English geswgen, past participle of *swgan, to suffocate.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

swooning - 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" light-headed, lightheaded, faint, light ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"