1. Feeling weak, as though to faint (lose consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain)
   "She experienced a sudden faintness and had to sit down"
    
2. The property of being without strength
   "the faintness or potency of the feeling"
    
3. The quality or state of being barely perceptible
   "The faintness of the whisper made it difficult to understand"
    
4. The trait of lacking boldness and courage
   "faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose";
   - faintheartedness, faint-heartedness
    
5. The quality of being dim or lacking contrast
   "The faintness of the stars was due to light pollution";
   - dimness

Type of: blurriness, feeling, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness, timidity, timorousness, weakness

Encyclopedia: Faintness