Adjective: faint (fainter,faintest) feynt- Deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity, brightness or loudness etc
"a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "a faint hissing sound"; - weak - Lacking clarity or distinctness
"only a faint recollection"; - dim, shadowy, vague, wispy - Lacking strength or vigour
"damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; - feeble - Weak and likely to lose consciousness
"suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; - light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded - Indistinctly understood, felt or perceived
"a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea" - Lacking conviction, boldness or courage
"faint heart ne'er won fair lady"; - fainthearted, timid, faint-hearted Noun: faint feynt- A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
- swoon, syncope, deliquium Verb: faint feynt- Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
- conk [informal], swoon, pass out
Sounds like: eyra, Eire, Arat, fein Derived forms: fainted, fainter, fainting, faintest, faints See also: cowardly, fearful, ill, indistinct, perceptible, sick, weak Type of: black out, loss of consciousness, pass out, zonk [informal], zonk out [informal] Encyclopedia: Faint, The |