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- [swoon]
- /swun/
- /swuːn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [swoon]
- /swun/
Definitions of swoon word
- verb without object swoon to faint; lose consciousness. 1
- verb without object swoon to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy: The teenagers swooned at the sight of the singing star. 1
- noun swoon a faint or fainting fit; syncope. 1
- intransitive verb swoon be overcome with emotion 1
- intransitive verb swoon faint, pass out 1
- noun swoon fainting fit 1
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Origin of swoon
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (v.) Middle English swo(w)nen to faint, orig. as gerund swowening, swoghning act of swooning, ultimately continuing Old English -swōgan (in compounds) to rush, overrun, choke; (noun) Middle English, partly derivative of the v., partly extracted from in (a) swoune, on swoune, alteration of a swoune, aswoune in a swoon, as if equivalent to a a-1 + swoon (noun), but probably continuing Old English āswōgen, past participle of āswōgan to overcome (see a-3), or geswōgen (past participle) senseless, dead
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Parts of speech for Swoon
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
swoon popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
swoon usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for swoon
noun swoon
- asphyxia — Asphyxia is death or loss of consciousness caused by being unable to breathe properly.
- blackout — A blackout is a period of time during a war in which towns and buildings are made dark so that they cannot be seen by enemy planes.
- coma — Someone who is in a coma is in a state of deep unconsciousness.
- hypnoses — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
- hypnosis — an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.
verb swoon
- black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
- cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
- draw a blank — (of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on: a blank sheet of paper.
- faint — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- keel — a red ocher stain used for marking sheep, lumber, etc.; ruddle.
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