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Definition of Faint
Faint

Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."

Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.

Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.

The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.

To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n.

To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.

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Faint Quotations

My mind is led astray by every faint rustle.
Mason Cooley

All the asylum clothing is made by the patients, but sewing does not employ one's mind. After several months' confinement the thoughts of the busy world grow faint, and all the poor prisoners can do is to sit and ponder over their hopeless fate.
Nellie Bly

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.
William Blake

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
Erma Bombeck

It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying.
Marcel Proust

Faint Translations

faint in Afrikaans is flou word, swak
faint in Danish is svag
faint in Dutch is zwak
faint in German is matt, Ohnmacht
faint in Italian is deliquio
faint in Norwegian is svak, besvime, matt
faint in Spanish is desmayarse, deliquio, desmayo


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