All faint synonyms
faint
F f verb faint
- black out β If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
- swoon β to faint; lose consciousness.
- succumb β to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- keel over β Nautical. a central fore-and-aft structural member in the bottom of a hull, extending from the stem to the sternpost and having the floors or frames attached to it, usually at right angles: sometimes projecting from the bottom of the hull to provide stability.
- pass out β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- flicker β to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light: The candle flickered in the wind and went out.
- collapse β If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- fade β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- fall β to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- languish β to be or become weak or feeble; droop; fade.
- fall down β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
noun faint
- blackout β 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.
- unconsciousness β not conscious; without awareness, sensation, or cognition.
- dizziness β having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
- insensibility β incapable of feeling or perceiving; deprived of sensation; unconscious, as a person after a violent blow.
- knockout β Informal. a person or thing overwhelmingly attractive, appealing, or successful.
- stupor β suspension or great diminution of sensibility, as in disease or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc.: He lay there in a drunken stupor.
- syncope β Grammar. the contraction of a word by omitting one or more sounds from the middle, as in the reduction of never to ne'er.
- vertigo β a dizzying sensation of tilting within stable surroundings or of being in tilting or spinning surroundings.
adjective faint
- pale β light-colored or lacking in color: a pale complexion; his pale face; a pale child. lacking the usual intensity of color due to fear, illness, stress, etc.: She looked pale and unwell when we visited her in the nursing home.
- weak β not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
- faded β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- dim β DIM statement
- indistinct β not distinct; not clearly marked or defined: indistinct markings.
- feeble β physically weak, as from age or sickness; frail.
- unclear β free from darkness, obscurity, or cloudiness; light: a clear day.
- shadowy β resembling a shadow in faintness, slightness, etc.: shadowy outlines.
- hazy β characterized by the presence of haze; misty: hazy weather.
- distant β far off or apart in space; not near at hand; remote or removed (often followed by from): a distant place; a town three miles distant from here.
- muffled β to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
- soft β yielding readily to touch or pressure; easily penetrated, divided, or changed in shape; not hard or stiff: a soft pillow.
- delicate β Something that is delicate is small and beautifully shaped.
- dull β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- far-off β distant; remote.
- gentle β kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- inaudible β not audible; incapable of being heard.
- mild β amiably gentle or temperate in feeling or behavior toward others.
- muted β silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
- remote β far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.
- slight β small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- soothing β that soothes: a soothing voice.
- stifled β to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
- vague β not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises.
- aside β If you move something aside, you move it to one side of you.
- bated β (of breath) held
- bleached β made lighter in colour
- blurred β to obscure or sully (something) by smearing or with a smeary substance: The windows were blurred with soot.