faint

faint  (fnt)

adj. faint·er, faint·est

1. Lacking strength or vigor; feeble.

2. Lacking conviction, boldness, or courage; timid.

3.

a. Lacking brightness: a faint light in the gloom.

b. Lacking clarity or distinctness: a faint recollection.

4. Likely to fall into a faint; dizzy and weak: felt faint for a moment.

n.

An abrupt, usually brief loss of consciousness, generally associated with failure of normal blood circulation. See Synonyms at blackout.

intr.v. faint·ed, faint·ing, faints

1. To fall into a usually brief state of unconsciousness.

2. Archaic To weaken in purpose or spirit.

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[Middle English, deceitful, cowardly, from Old French, past participle of feindre, to feign; see feign.]

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fainter n.

faintly adv.

faintness n.

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faint

Adjective

1. lacking clarity, brightness, or volume: her voice was very faint

2. feeling dizzy or weak

3. lacking conviction or force: a faint attempt to smile

Verb

to lose consciousness

Noun

a sudden loss of consciousness [Old French faindre to be idle]

faintly adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	faint - a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain deliquium, swoon, syncope loss of consciousness - the occurrence of a loss of the ability to perceive and respond
Verb	1.	faint - pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain pass out, swoon, conk zonk out, pass out, black out - lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
Adj.	1.	faint - 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"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse" weak perceptible - capable of being perceived by the mind or senses; "a perceptible limp"; "easily perceptible sounds"; "perceptible changes in behavior"
	2.	faint - lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" dim, shadowy, wispy, vague indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"
	3.	faint - lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice" feeble weak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar"
	4.	faint - 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, swooning, light ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"
	5.	faint - indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea" indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"
	6.	faint - lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady" faint-hearted, fainthearted, timid cowardly, fearful - lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted; "cowardly dogs, ye will not aid me then"- P.B.Shelley

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faint

adjective 1. dim, low, light, soft, thin, faded, whispered, distant, dull, delicate, vague, unclear, muted, subdued, faltering, hushed, bleached, feeble, indefinite, muffled, hazy, ill-defined, indistinct << OPPOSITE clear

adjective 2. slight, weak, feeble, unenthusiastic, remote, slim, vague, slender

adjective 3. timid, weak, feeble, lame, unconvincing, unenthusiastic, timorous, faint-hearted, spiritless, half-hearted, lily-livered << OPPOSITE brave

adjective 4. dizzy, giddy, light-headed, vertiginous, weak, exhausted, fatigued, faltering, wobbly, drooping, languid, lethargic, muzzy, woozy (informal) weak at the knees, enervated << OPPOSITE energetic

verb 5. pass out, black out, lose consciousness, keel over (informal) fail, go out, collapse, fade, weaken, languish, swoon (literary) flake out (informal)

noun 6. blackout, collapse, coma, swoon (literary) unconsciousness, syncope Pathology

Translations

faint [feɪnt] adj → débil; [smell, breeze, trace] → leve; [recollection] → vago; [mark] → apenas visible

n → desmayo

vi → desmayarse;

to feel faint → estar mareado, marearse

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faint [feɪnt] adj → faible; [recollection] → vague; [mark] → à peine visible; [smell, breeze, trace] → léger/ère

n → évanouissement m

vi → s'évanouir;

to feel faint → défaillir

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faint [feɪnt] adj → schwach;

(breeze, trace) → leicht

n → Ohnmacht f

vi → ohnmächtig werden, in Ohnmacht fallen;

she felt faint → ihr wurde schwach

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faint [feɪnt] adj → debole; [recollection] → vago/a; [mark] → indistinto/a; [smell, breeze, trace] → leggero/a

vi → svenire;

to feel faint → sentirsi svenire