Definition of faint

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

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Faint :: Faint (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
Fade :: Fade (a.) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color..
Fainting :: Fainting (n.) Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak..
Umbra :: Umbra (n.) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.
Die :: Die (v. i.) To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc..
Faintly :: Faintly (adv.) In a faint, weak, or timidmanner..
Turn :: Turn (n.) A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn..
Glimmering :: Glimmering (n.) Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes..
Swelter :: Swelter (v. i.) To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.
Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes..
Feeble :: Feeble (superl.) Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion..
Verditure :: Verditure (n.) The faintest and palest green.
Hack :: Hack (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough..
Shimmer :: Shimmer (n.) A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer..
Syncope :: Syncope (n.) A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting..
Lipothymous :: Lipothymous (a.) Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting..
Faintness :: Faintness (n.) Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.
Faintness :: Faintness (n.) The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control..
Swooning :: Swoon (n.) A fainting fit; syncope.
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