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 Definitions of swoon  [swun]  

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Definition of 'swoon' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) swoon
to faint; lose consciousness.

2.  swoon
to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy.

3. (n.) swoon
a faint or fainting fit; syncope.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME swo(w)nen)

Definition of 'swoon' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

2. (verb) faint, conk, swoon, pass out
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain


Definition of 'swoon' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) swoon
a fainting fit; syncope

2. (verb) swoon
to sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away


Translation of 'swoon' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (an old word for) to faint.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: flou word Arabic flag Arabic: يُغْمى عَلَيْهِ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: припадам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desmaiar Czech flag Czech: omdlít German flag German: in Ohnmacht fallen
Danish flag Danish: besvime Greek flag Greek: λιποθυμώ (αρχ.) Spanish flag Spanish: desmayarse
Estonian flag Estonian: minestama Farsi flag Farsi: غش كردن Finnish flag Finnish: pyörtyä
French flag French: s'évanouir Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִתעַלֵף Hindi flag Hindi: बेहोश हो जाना
Croatian flag Croatian: onesvijestiti se Hungarian flag Hungarian: elájul Indonesian flag Indonesian: pingsan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fallaí yfirlið Italian flag Italian: svenire Japanese flag Japanese: 気絶する
Korean flag Korean: 기절하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: apalpti Latvian flag Latvian: []ģībt
Malay flag Malay: pengsan Dutch flag Dutch: bezwijmen Norwegian flag Norwegian: besvime, dåne
Polish flag Polish: mdleć Persian flag Persian: غش كردن Pashto flag Pashto: غش کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desmaiar Romanian flag Romanian: a leşina Russian flag Russian: падать в обморок
Slovak flag Slovak: omdlieť Slovenian flag Slovenian: omedleti Serbian flag Serbian: onesvestiti se
Swedish flag Swedish: svimma, dåna Thai flag Thai: เป็นลม Turkish flag Turkish: bayılmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 昏倒 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: зомлівати, непритомніти Urdu flag Urdu: بے ہوش ہو جانا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngất đi, bất tỉnh Chinese flag Chinese: 昏倒

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