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Synonyms for faint
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Wiktionary
English Synonyms and Antonyms
faint
Faint, with the general sense of lacking strength or effectiveness, covers a wide range of meaning, signifying overcome with physical weakness or exhaustion, or lacking in purpose, courage, or energy, as said of persons; or lacking definiteness or distinctness of color or sound, as said of written characters, voices, or musical notes. A person may be faint when physically wearied, or when overcome with fear; he may be a faint adherent because naturally feeble or purposeless, or because half-hearted in the cause; he may be a faltering supporter because naturally irresolute or because faint-hearted and timid in view of perils that threaten, a listless worker, through want of mental energy and purpose. Written characters may be faint or dim, either because originally written with poor ink, or because they have become faded by time and exposure.
Synonyms:
dim, exhausted, faded, faint-hearted, faltering, fatigued, feeble, half-hearted, ill-defined, indistinct, irresolute, languid, listless, purposeless, timid, weak, wearied, worn, worn down, worn outAntonyms:
bright, brilliant, clear, conspicuous, daring, energetic, fresh, hearty, resolute, strong, sturdy, vigorousPreposition:
Faint with hunger; faint in color.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
faint
Synonyms:
weak, languid, fatigued, unenergetic, timid, irresolute, feeble, exhausted, half-hearted, obscure, dim, pale, faded, inconspicuousAntonyms:
strong, vigorous, energetic, fresh, daring, resolute, prominent, marked, conspicuous, glaring
Princeton's WordNet
faint, swoon, syncope, deliquiumadjective
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
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swoon, syncopation, syncope, deliquiumAntonyms:
distinct, strong, brave, unperceivable, imperceptible, well, courageousfaint, weakadjective
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"
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weak, watery, dim, unaccented, weakly, swooning, rickety, debile, vague, faint-hearted, fainthearted, washy, timid, light-headed, lightheaded, decrepit, wispy, light, shadowy, fallible, frail, feeble, imperfect, infirm, saplessAntonyms:
distinct, brave, well, unperceivable, courageous, imperceptible, strongdim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispyadjective
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"
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weak, shady, dull, dim, wraithlike, dumb, shadowed, dense, faint-hearted, timid, undefined, swooning, dimmed, black, umbrageous, vague, fainthearted, subdued, feeble, lightheaded, obscure, wispy, obtuse, light, shadowy, light-headed, wisplike, bleak, slowAntonyms:
distinct, unperceivable, strong, courageous, well, brave, imperceptiblefaint, feebleadjective
lacking strength or vigor
"damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
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weak, infirm, dim, weakly, swooning, rickety, lame, debile, nerveless, vague, faint-hearted, fainthearted, light-headed, timid, lightheaded, decrepit, wispy, light, shadowy, feeble, saplessAntonyms:
well, brave, strong, courageous, imperceptible, distinct, unperceivablefaint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheadedadjective
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"
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vague, light-headed, lite, wanton, wakeful, lightheaded, feeble, featherbrained, low-cal, lightsome, fainthearted, light-colored, unaccented, shadowy, weak, easy, promiscuous, dim, airheaded, abstemious, unclouded, clean, timid, light(a), clear, idle, wispy, silly, faint-hearted, tripping, short, dizzy, scant(p), empty-headed, sluttish, light, swooning, calorie-free, giddy, looseAntonyms:
well, courageous, imperceptible, distinct, strong, brave, unperceivablefaintadjective
indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
"a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"
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lightheaded, swooning, shadowy, weak, fainthearted, faint-hearted, light-headed, dim, vague, feeble, timid, wispy, lightAntonyms:
imperceptible, distinct, courageous, strong, brave, unperceivable, wellfaint, fainthearted, timid, faint-heartedverb
lacking conviction or boldness or courage
"faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
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weak, unsure, dim, shy, swooning, vague, faint-hearted, fainthearted, light-headed, timid, lightheaded, wispy, light, shadowy, diffident, feebleAntonyms:
distinct, well, unperceivable, courageous, strong, imperceptible, bravefaint, conk, swoon, pass outverb
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
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pass away, perish, stall, swoon, black out, conk, croak, decease, give out, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, drop dead, zonk out, exit, pop off, buy the farm, die, choke, pass, expire, snuff it, pass out, go, distribute, hand outAntonyms:
imperceptible, strong, unperceivable, well, distinct, brave, courageous
Dictionary of English Synonymes
faintverb
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swoon, faint awayfaintverb
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languish, grow weak, fail in vigor, lose strengthfaintverb
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be disheartened, be discouraged, be dejected, be depressed, lose courage, be dispirited, be down-hearted, sink into dejectionfaintadjective
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swooning, fainting awayfaintadjective
faintadjective
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small, little, slight, inconsiderablefaintadjective
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dim, dull, not bright, not vividfaintadjective
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fearful, timid, timorous, cowardly, dastardly, faint-heartedfaintadjective
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dejected, depressed, dispirited, disheartened, discouraged
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List of paraphrases for "faint":
pale, low-intensity, low, weak
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How to use faint in a sentence?
On the energy side, for those who are not faint of heart, there are some real opportunities if your time horizon extends beyond the next six to twelve months.
And let us not be weary in well doing for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
We came really close to missing it entirely, its too faint to see in a single Hubble [exposure].
Hours after the investigators were at the facility, they noticed a flimsy-looking wall and a faint smell of marijuana, they couldn’t get to what was behind that wall until another search warrant was executed.
When Marco Rubio speaks, young women swoon, old women faint and toilets flush themselves, this guy is really good. Marco is instinctive. He is also very, very disciplined.
Translations for faint
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- припадък, немощен, неясен, слаб, неотчетлив, припадане, припадам, плахBulgarian
- dèbil, tènue, desmai, feble, acubar-seCatalan, Valencian
- omdlítCzech
- besvimelse, besvimeDanish
- kraftlos, in Ohnmacht fallen, ohnmächtig werden, Ohnmacht, schwachGerman
- desmayo, débil, desmayar, tenueSpanish
- minestamaEstonian
- geldoBasque
- heikko, hämärä, heiveröinen, pyörtyäFinnish
- svímaFaroese
- craintif, évanoui, évanouissement, timoré, s'évanouir, faible, se pâmerFrench
- neul, rach an neulScottish Gaelic
- כההHebrew
- նվաղել, տկարArmenian
- pingsanIndonesian
- svenire, timoroso, debole, indistinto, svenimento, pavido, incerto, tenueItalian
- かすか, 気の弱い, 弱々しい, 気が弱い, 淡い, 失神Japanese
- эс оош, эсинен тануу, талуу, талып калуу, эси ооп жыгылып калууKyrgyz
- alpulys, nualpimasLithuanian
- maiengi, tōriki, hauaitu, hauhauaitu, maiangi, porepore, tōririkiMāori
- pengsanMalay
- zwak, bezwijmen, flauwvallenDutch
- svime av, besvimeNorwegian
- pávido, lânguido, desmaiar, tênue, desmaioPortuguese
- обморок, терять сознание, потерять сознание, вялый, падать в обморок, тусклый, слабый, упасть в обморок, слабонервныйRussian
- svimma, svimningSwedish
- bayılmak, baygınlık, bayılmaTurkish
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