Dictionary Entry
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
- 1superlative
Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
- 2superlative
Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."
- 3superlative
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
- 4superlative
Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
- 5noun
The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting.
- 6intransitive 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.
- 7noun
To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
- 8noun
To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
- 9transitive verb
To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
- 10noun
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
- 11verb
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
- 12adjective
lacking conviction or boldness or courage
"faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
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- 13adjective
lacking clarity or distinctness
"a dim figure in the distance"
"only a faint recollection"
- 14adjective
indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
"a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"
"haven't the faintest idea"
- 15adjective
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
"a faint outline"
"the wan sun cast faint shadows"
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- 16adjective
lacking strength or vigor
"damning with faint praise"
"faint resistance"
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- 17adjective
weak and likely to lose consciousness
"suddenly felt faint from the pain"
"was sick and faint from hunger"
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