Faint Definition
fānt
fainted, fainter, faintest, fainting, faints
adjective
fainter, faintest
Without strength; weak; feeble.
Webster's New World
Done without strength, vigor, or enthusiasm; halfhearted.
Webster's New World
Lacking clarity or distinctness.
A faint recollection.
American Heritage
Without courage or hope; timid.
Webster's New World
Small in degree or amount; meager.
Faint chance of getting a raise.
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noun
faints
A condition of temporary loss of consciousness as a result of an inadequate flow of blood to the brain; swoon.
Webster's New World
The crude, impure spirits given off in the first and last stages of the distillation of liquor.
Webster's New World
The act of fainting.
Wiktionary
(rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
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verb
fainted, fainting, faints
To fall into a usually brief state of unconsciousness.
American Heritage
To fall into a faint; swoon.
Webster's New World
To weaken; languish.
Webster's New World
To lose courage or hope.
Webster's New World
(intransitive) To lose consciousness. Caused by a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of a suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
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Other Word Forms of Faint
Noun
Singular:
faintPlural:
faintsAdjective
Base Form:
faint
Comparative:
fainterSuperlative:
faintestOrigin of Faint
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From Middle English, from Old French feindre, faindre (“to feign, to sham, to work negligently”), from Latin fingere (“to touch, handle, usually form, shape, frame, form in thought, imagine, conceive, contrive, devise, feign”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English deceitful, cowardly from Old French past participle of feindre to feign feign
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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