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faint

 
Adjective faint has 6 senses
  1. faint - 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"; "faint colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"
    Antonyms:
    imperceptible, unperceivable (indirect, via perceptible)
  2. dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispy - 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"
    Antonym: distinct (indirect, via indistinct)
  3. faint, feeble - lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
    Antonym: strong (indirect, via weak)
  4. faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded - 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"
    Antonym: well (indirect, via ill)
  5. faint - indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"
    Antonym:
    distinct (indirect, via indistinct)
  6. faint, fainthearted, timid - lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
    Antonyms: brave, courageous, fearless (indirect, via cowardly)
Noun faint has 1 sense
  1. faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium - a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
    --1 is a kind of loss of consciousness
    Derived form: verb faint1
Verb faint has 1 sense
  1. faint, conk, swoon, pass out - pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
    --1 is one way to zonk out, pass out, black out
    Derived form: noun faint1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
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