meaning of faint
1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart neer won fair lady. 3.">"
3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
4. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
5. The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R. ] See Fainting, n.
6. 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.
7. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
8. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
9. To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
10. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
Related Words
faint | fainted | fainthearted | faintheartedness | fainting | faintish | faintling | faintly | faintness | faints | fainty |
