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 second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
Erma Bombeck
Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.
William Blake
It is not because other people are dead that our affection for them grows faint, it is because we ourselves are dying.
Marcel Proust
The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.
William Wordsworth
Know what to do if you feel faint or dizzy, especially if you might fall and hit your head.
Marilyn vos Savant
The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town.
Michael Ondaatje
Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.
Karl Von Clausewitz
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
The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
Vincent D'Onofrio
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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