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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Faint \Faint\, n.
     The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a
     swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The saint,
           Who propped the Virgin in her faint.     --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Faint \Faint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fainted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Fainting.]
     1. To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to
        lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or
        mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See
        Fainting, n.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away.
                                                    --Guardian.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by
              the way.                              --Mark viii.
                                                    8.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to
        become depressed or despondent.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength
              is small.                             --Prov. xxiv.
                                                    10.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before
              the eye.                              --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Faint \Faint\ (f[=a]nt), a. [Compar. Fainter (-[~e]r); superl.
     Faintest.] [OE. feint, faint, false, faint, F. feint, p. p.
     of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See Feign, and cf.
     Feint.]
     1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as,
        faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly;
        dejected; depressed; as, ``Faint heart ne'er won fair
        lady.'' --Old Proverb.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the
        senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible;
        weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not
        exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint
        efforts; faint resistance.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The faint prosecution of the war.     --Sir J.
                                                    Davies.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Faint \Faint\, v. t.
     To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to
     weaken. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           It faints me to think what follows.      --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Faint \Faint\ (f[=a]nt), a. [Compar. Fainter (-[~e]r); superl.
     Faintest.] [OE. feint, faint, false, faint, F. feint, p. p.
     of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See Feign, and cf.
     Feint.]
     1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as,
        faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
  
     2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly;
        dejected; depressed; as, ``Faint heart ne'er won fair
        lady.'' --Old Proverb.
  
     3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the
        senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible;
        weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
  
     4. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not
        exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint
        efforts; faint resistance.
  
              The faint prosecution of the war.     --Sir J.
                                                    Davies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Faint \Faint\, v. t.
     To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to
     weaken. [Obs.]
  
           It faints me to think what follows.      --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Faint \Faint\, n.
     The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a
     swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.
  
           The saint, Who propped the Virgin in her faint. --Sir
                                                    W. Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Faint \Faint\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fainted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Fainting.]
     1. To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to
        lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or
        mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See
        Fainting, n.
  
              Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away.
                                                    --Guardian.
  
              If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by
              the way.                              --Mark viii.
                                                    8.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  faint
       adj 1: barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or
              loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast
              faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle";
              "faint colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint
              aroma"
       2: lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the
          distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures
          in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through
          the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood" [syn: dim,
           shadowy, vague, wispy]
       3: lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise";
          "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
          [syn: feeble]
       4: weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint
          from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt
          light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with
          wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep" [syn: light, swooning,
           light-headed, lightheaded]
       5: indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue
          to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"
       6: lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart
          ne'er won fair lady" [syn: fainthearted, timid]
       n : a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient
           blood to the brain [syn: swoon, syncope, deliquium]
       v : pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due
           to a loss of blood supply to the brain [syn: conk, swoon,
            pass out]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  faint
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 αδύναμος, ασθενικός, εξασθενημένος, καταβεβλημένος
     2 άτολμος, χωρίς θάρρος και ενέργεια
     3 αμυδρός, αδιόρατος, ανεπαίσθητος
     Αγγλικά n.
     η λιποθυμία
     Αγγλικά vb.
     λιποθυμώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  faint
     Cimbrian n.
     (lb cim 7) enemy, fiend
     Welsh pron.
     how much, how many

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  faint
     a.
     1 (of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose
  consciousness
     2 Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected
     n.
     1 The act of fainting, syncope.
     2 (lb en rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
     vb.
     1 (senseid en lose consciousness)(lb en intransitive) To lose
  consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain,
  usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by
  emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
     2 (lb en intransitive) To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed
  or despondent.
     3 (lb en intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  faint
     Welsh pron.
     how much, how many

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  faint
     Welsh pron.
     how much, how many

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  faint
     Englanti a.
     vieno, vaimea, heikko, lievä
     Englanti n.
     pyörtymiskohtaus, pyörtyminen
     Englanti vb.
     pyörtyä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  faint
     Engelska a.
     1 svag, matt
     2 svimfärdig
     Engelska n.
     svimning
     Engelska vb.
     svimma

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  1. swak
  2. flou word

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Faint /fˈeɪnt/
  الإغماء

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  1. неотчетлив, неясен
  lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
  2. немощен, слаб
  lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
  3. плах
  wanting in courage

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  1. припадане
  the act of fainting
  2. припадък
  the state of one who has fainted

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  припадам
  to lose consciousness

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/ 
  omdlévat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/ 
  zeslábnout

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/ 
  chabý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/ 
  bázlivý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/ 
  mdlý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/ 
  nesmělý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  omdlít

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  bezvědomí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  slabost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  mdloba

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/ 
  llewygu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  Ohnmacht , Bewusstlosigkeit 
   see: feel faint
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  leise 
        "I have a faint suspicion that …"  - Ich habe den leisen Verdacht, dass …
        "There's not the faintest hope."  - Es besteht nicht die leiseste Hoffnung.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  matt, dezent, zart, schwach, undeutlich 
        "a faint pattern"  - ein zartes Muster
        "a faint chance/possibility"  - eine geringe Chance

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/ 
  ohnmächtig werden, bewusstlos werden, umkippen  [ugs.]
     Synonyms: pass out, black out, keel over
  
   see: fainting, passing out, blacking out, keeling over, fainted, passed out, blacked out, keeled over, faints, passes out, blacks out, keels over, fainted, passed out, blacked out, keeled over
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  schwach 
        "I feel faint with hunger."  - Mir ist ganz schwach vor Hunger.

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  
  λιποθυμώ, αμυδρός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  1. heikko, hämärä, vaimea
  lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
  2. heikko, heiveröinen
  lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  pyörtyä
  to lose consciousness

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  faint /feint/
  1. faible
  2. s'évanouir

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/ 
  1. निर्बल
        "Illness has made her faint and inactive."
  2. अस्पष्ट
        "I only have a faint idea of what she is doing at present."
  3. धीमा
        "I suddenly felt faint from the pain"

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/ 
  1. मूर्छा
        "She fell down from the staircase in a faint. "

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/ 
  1. मूर्छित~होना
        "She fainted during assembly due to weakness."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  klonuti, malaksati, nerazgovjetan, nesvijest, onesvijestiti, slab

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  1. félénk
  2. elhaló
  3. alig érezhetô
  4. eszméletvesztés
  5. alig látható
  6. alig hallható
  7. ájultság
  8. bátortalan
  9. alig érzékelhetô
  10. kényszeredett
  11. erôtlen
  12. halovány
  13. enyhe
  14. ködös
  15. alig észrevehetô
  16. ájulás
  17. lagymatag
  18. eszméletlenség
  19. gyenge
  20. bizonytalan
  21. lankadt
  22. langyos (dicséret)
  23. aléltság
  24. halk
  25. elmosódott
  26. bágyadt
  27. halvány

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  pingsan
  to lose consciousness

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  1. debole
  2. svenirsi

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  1. かすか, 淡い
  lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
  2. 弱々しい 2.
  lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
   3.
  performed in a weak or feeble manner
  3. 気が弱い, 気の弱い
  wanting in courage

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  失神 2.
  the act of fainting
   3.
  the state of one who has fainted

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  失神
  to lose consciousness

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  faint /feint/
  æger

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  svime av
  to lose consciousness

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  faint /feɪnt/
  I.   1.  nikły, wątły
   2.  mdlejący
  II.    mdleć

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  faint /feint/
  1. débil, fraco
  2. desfalecer, desmaiar, esvanecer
  3. chilique, desfalecimento, desmaio

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  faint /feint/
  1. débil
  2. desmayarse
  3. desmayo

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  1. svag 2.
  lacking distinctness, hardly perceptible
   3.
  performed in a weak or feeble manner
  2. klen, svag, kraftlös, vek
  lacking strength; inclined to lose consciousness
  3. feg, klen, svag, vek
  wanting in courage

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  svimning
  the act of fainting

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  faint //feɪnt// 
  svimma
  to lose consciousness

From English-Swahili xFried/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-swh ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/ 
  
  zimia

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  1. bayılmak, solmak. faint away bayılmak, kendinden geçmek.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  faint /fˈeɪnt/
  1. donuk, belirsiz, zayıf, baygın, gevşek
  2. isteksiz
  3. baygınlık, bayılma. fainthearted  yüreksiz, korkak
  4. mahcup, çekingen. faintly  azıcık, hafiften. faintness  baygınlık, bayılma, halsizlik.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfeɪnt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  317 Moby Thesaurus words for "faint":
     KO, abulic, achromatic, achromic, afraid, ailing, anemic, ashen,
     ashy, asthenic, bad, balmy, barely audible, below par, black out,
     blackout, bland, blear, bleared, bleary, bled white, bloodless,
     blow, blurred, blurry, break, break down, burn out, cadaverous,
     catalepsy, catatonia, catatony, cave in, chicken, chloranemic,
     collapse, colorless, coma, come apart, come unstuck, confused,
     conk out, cowardly, crack up, crap out, critically ill, crumble,
     dark, dead, deadly pale, deathly pale, debilitated, decline,
     decrescendo, dim, dimmed, dingy, discolored, disintegrate, distant,
     dizziness, dizzy, down, droop, drooping, droopy, drop, dull, dusty,
     effete, enervated, enfeebled, etiolated, exsanguinated, exsanguine,
     exsanguineous, fade, faded, fagged, fail, faint-voiced,
     fainthearted, fainting, faintish, fall senseless, fallow,
     faltering, fatigue, fatigued, feeble, feebleminded, feeling awful,
     feeling faint, feeling something terrible, filmy, fizzle out,
     flabby, flaccid, flag, flagging, flat, flickering, floppy, foggy,
     footsore, frail, frazzled, fuzzy, gasp, gentle, get tired, ghastly,
     giddy, give out, give way, go downhill, go soft, go to pieces,
     gone, good and tired, gray, gray out, grayout, grow weary, gutless,
     haggard, half-heard, half-seen, half-visible, hazy, hit the skids,
     hueless, hushed, hypochromic, ill, ill-defined, imbecile,
     imperceptible, impotent, in danger, inaudible, inconspicuous,
     indefinite, indiscernible, indisposed, indistinct,
     indistinguishable, infirm, invertebrate, jade, jaded, kayo,
     keel over, knockout, lackluster, laid low, languid, languish,
     languorous, leaden, lenient, light-headed, limber, limp,
     lipothymia, lipothymy, listless, livid, low, low-profile, lurid,
     lusterless, lustless, marrowless, mat, mealy, merely glimpsed,
     mild, misty, mortally ill, muddy, muffled, murmured, muted, muzzy,
     nerveless, neutral, nirvana, nirvana principle, not quite right,
     nothingness, oblivion, obliviousness, obscure, off-color,
     out of focus, out of sorts, pale, pale as death, pale-faced,
     pallid, pant, pass out, pasty, peg out, peter out, pianissimo,
     piano, pine, pithless, play out, pliable, poop out, pooped,
     powerless, puff, puff and blow, ready to drop, rocky, rubbery,
     run down, run out, run ragged, run-down, sagging, sallow, sapless,
     scarcely heard, seedy, semiconsciousness, semivisible,
     senselessness, shadowy, sick, sick unto death, sickish, sickly,
     sinewless, sink, slack, sleep, slight, small, smooth, soft,
     soft-sounding, soft-voiced, spineless, stifled, strengthless,
     stupor, subaudible, subdued, succumb, swim, swoon, syncope,
     taken ill, tallow-faced, thin, tire, tired, tired-winged, toilworn,
     toneless, uncertain, unclear, uncolored, unconsciousness,
     undefined, under the weather, undetermined, unhardened, unnerved,
     unplain, unrecognizable, unrefreshed, unrestored, unsteady,
     unstrung, unwell, vague, vertiginous, vertigo, wan, washed-out,
     wavering, waxen, way-weary, wayworn, weak, weak-kneed, weak-minded,
     weak-voiced, weak-willed, weaken, weakened, weakly, wear away,
     wear thin, wearied, weariful, weary, weary-footed, weary-laden,
     weary-winged, weary-worn, wheeze, whey-faced, whispered, white,
     wilt, wilting, woozy, worn, worn-down, yield
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 昏厥,昏倒;
  a. 微弱的,无力的,模糊的;
  v. 昏倒;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 昏厥,昏倒
     a. 微弱的,无力的,模糊的
     vi. 昏倒,变得微弱

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