swoon
swoon
Definition
swoon (swo̵̅o̅n)
intransitive verb
- to faint
- to feel strong, esp. rapturous, emotion
Etymology: ME swounen, prob. back-form. < swoweninge, swooning, prp. of iswowen < OE geswogen, unconscious, pp. of *swogan < ?
noun
an act or instance of swooning
swoon′er noun
swoon′·ingly adverb
swoon
Synonyms
swoon
Usage Examples
Object
- woman: Erika PS... he is also very nice and kind to talk to and puts up with swooning women like me.
- pop: IAN LOVE is a bittersweet album of gently swooning pop, a quietly brilliant achievement.
- vocal: An impeccable vocal performance, mid tempo but such a swooning swoonsome powerful vocal.
- voice: A quiet introduction, that swooning voice, a beautiful wordless sound.
Converse of object
- make: Each hip thrust makes the girls swoon - there's enough sweaty leather clad sex appeal on stage to put the SuicideGirls to shame.
- do: All round the coast the languid air did swoon, Breathing like one that hath a weary dream.
Preposition: at
- sight: The conventional heroine of the time would at least have swooned at the sight of blood.
Modifies a noun
- theory: They assert a kind of swoon theory, where Jesus did not actually die, tho he was crucified.
- factor: No other director has as much swoon factor as Pedro Almodóvar.
Modifying Another Word
- nearly: Y, being, as are all publishers, more like a shrinking violet than anything else in the world, nearly swooned.
- almost: Many classics were played, the audience almost swooning as each was introduced.
- then: He cast but one glance at it, then swooned ponderously to the floor.
Noun used with modifier
- girl: Jerry King Played by Tony Bonner Jerry King is the Flight Ranger who all the girls swoon over.
- lady: That would have been enough to make delicate ladies swoon.
- woman: Women swoon at my feet, men whisper my name in awe, and children cheer when they see me.
Preposition: on
- floor: She sprang up to reply, but was so overcome with emotion that she fell in a swoon on the floor.
- cross: The theory that Jesus merely swooned on the cross and later revived in the tomb is one that clutches at straws.
Preposition: in
- admiration: A tender whisper here, a despairing wail of anguish there, it's a real floor-filler as everyone around her swoons in admiration.
Preposition: with
- delight: In truth, the local communities were hardly likely to swoon with delight at the prospect of a localized response to unemployment and poverty.
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