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English to English adjective
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Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc | | Example: a faint outline
the wan sun cast faint shadows
the faint light of a distant candle
weak colors
a faint hissing sound
a faint aroma
a weak pulse
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lacking clarity or distinctness | | Example: 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
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lacking strength or vigor | | Example: damning with faint praise
faint resistance
feeble efforts
a feeble voice
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weak and likely to lose consciousness | | Example: 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
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indistinctly understood or felt or perceived | | Example: a faint clue to the origin of the mystery
haven't the faintest idea
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lacking conviction or boldness or courage | | Example: faint heart ne'er won fair lady
source: wordnet30 noun
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a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | | source: wordnet30
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The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n. | | source: webster1913 verb
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pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. | | source: webster1913
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