faint

faint is a 5-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. superlative. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
2. superlative. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."
3. superlative. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
4. superlative. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
5. noun. The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.
6. intransitive verb. 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.
7. noun. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
8. noun. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
9. transitive verb. To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
10. noun. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

    Synonyms: deliquium, swoon, syncope

11. verb. pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

    Synonyms: conk, swoon

12. adjective. lacking conviction or boldness or courage

    "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"

    Synonyms: fainthearted, timid

13. adjective. lacking clarity or distinctness

    "a dim figure in the distance"

    "only a faint recollection"

    Synonyms: dim, shadowy, vague, wispy

14. adjective. indistinctly understood or felt or perceived

    "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"

    "haven't the faintest idea"

15. adjective. deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc

    "a faint outline"

    "the wan sun cast faint shadows"

    Synonyms: weak

16. adjective. lacking strength or vigor

    "damning with faint praise"

    "faint resistance"

    Synonyms: feeble

17. adjective. weak and likely to lose consciousness

    "suddenly felt faint from the pain"

    "was sick and faint from hunger"

    Synonyms: light, lightheaded, swooning

Synonyms

deliquium, swoon, syncope, conk, fainthearted, timid, dim, shadowy, vague, wispy, weak, feeble, light, lightheaded, swooning

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in faint:

fanit, fanti, fiant

Common word forms

faints, fainted, fainter, faintly, faintest, faintful, fainting, faintise, faintness

Words from these letters

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