Definitions for FAINT
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. faint, swoon, syncope, deliquiumadjective

   a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

2. faint, weakadjective

   deficient in magnitude; 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"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse"

3. dim, faint, shadowy, vague, wispyadjective

   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"

4. faint, feebleadjective

   lacking strength or vigor

   "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"

5. faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheadedadjective

   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"

6. faintadjective

   indistinctly understood or felt or perceived

   "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"

7. faint, fainthearted, timid, faint-heartedverb

   lacking conviction or boldness or courage

   "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"

8. faint, conk, swoon, pass outverb

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. faintnoun

   The act of fainting.

2. faintnoun

   The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.

3. faintverb

   To lose consciousness. Caused by a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of a suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).

4. faintadjective

   Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

5. faintadjective

   Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed.

   "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." Robert Burns - To Dr. Blackjack.

6. faintadjective

   Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.

7. faintadjective

   Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Faintadjective

   Etymology: fane, French.

   1. Languid; weak; feeble.

   In the more intemperate climates the spirits, either exhaled by heat or comprest by cold, are rendered faint and sluggish. William Temple.

   2. Not bright; not vivid; not striking.

   The blue compared with these is a faint and dark colour, and the indigo and violet are much darker and fainter. Newt.

   The length of the image I measured from the faintest and utmost red at one end, to the faintest and utmost blue at the other end, excepting only a little penumbra. Isaac Newton, Opt.

   From her naked limbs of glowing white,
   In folds loose floating, fell the fainter lawn. James Thomson.

   3. Not loud; not piercing.

   The pump after this being employed from time to time, the sound grew fainter and fainter. Boyle.

   4. Feeble of body.

   Two neighbouring shepherds, faint with thirst, stood at the common boundary of their grounds. Rambler.

   5. Cowardly; timorous; not vigorous; not ardent.

   Faint heart never won fair lady. William Camden, Rem. Proverb in.

   Our faint Egyptians pray for Antony;
   But in their servile hearts they own Octavius. Dryden.

   6. Dejected; depressed.

   Consider him that endureth such contradiction against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Hebr. xii. 3.

   7. Not vigorous; not active.

   The defects which hindered the conquest, were the faint prosecution of the war, and the looseness of the civil government. John Davies, on Ireland.

2. To Faintverb

   To deject; to depress; to enfeeble. A word little in use.

   It faints me
   To think what follows. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

3. To FAINTverb

   Etymology: faner, French.

   1. To decay; to wear or waste away quickly.

   Those figures in the gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye, and decay into confusion. Alexander Pope.

   2. To lose the animal functions; to sink motionless and senseless.

   Their young children were out of heart, and their women and young men fainted for thirst, and fell down in the streets. Judith vii. 22.

   We are ready to faint with fasting. 1 Mac. iii. 17.

   Upon hearing the honour intended her, she fainted away, and fell down as dead. Guardian, №. 167.

   3. To grow feeble.

   They will stand in their order, and never faint in their watches. Ecclus. xliii. 10.

   The imagination cannot be always alike constant and strong, and if the success follow not speedily it will faint and lose strength. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 953.

   4. To sink into dejection.

   Lest they faint
   At the sad sentence rigorously urg’d,
   All terror hide. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. xi. l. 108.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Faint

   lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst

2. Faint

   wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."

3. Faint

   lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound

4. Faint

   performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance

5. Faintnoun

   the act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n

6. Faintverb

   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. Faintnoun

   to sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent

8. Faintnoun

   to decay; to disappear; to vanish

9. Faintverb

   to cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken

10. Etymology: [OE. feint, faint, false, faint, F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See Feign, and cf. Feint.]

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1. Faint

   "Faint" is a song by rock band Linkin Park from their second studio album Meteora. The song was released as the album's second single on June 9, 2003 and entered the top thirty on the majority of the charts it appeared on, including the Hot 100, in which it peaked at #48. The song reached #1 on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks, becoming the band's third number-one hit on the chart. The song would later be featured on the group's mashup EP with Jay-Z, Collision Course, where it was mashed up with lyrics of the song Jigga What from Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Faint

   fānt, adj. wanting in strength: fading: lacking distinctness: not bright or forcible: weak in spirit: lacking courage: depressed: done in a feeble way.—v.i. to become feeble or weak: to lose strength, colour, &c.: to swoon: to fade or decay: to vanish: to lose courage or spirit: to become depressed.—v.t. (rare) to render faint.—n. a swoon.—p.adj. Faint′ed (Milt.), exhausted.—adjs. Faint′-heart, Faint′-heart′ed, cowardly: timorous.—adv. Faint′-heart′edly.—ns. Faint′-heart′edness; Faint′ing.—adj. Faint′ish, slightly faint.—n. Faint′ishness.—adv. Faint′ly.—n. Faint′ness, want of strength: feebleness of colour, light, &c.: dejection.—adj. Faint′y, faintish. [O. Fr. feint (Fr. feindre), feigned—L. fingĕre, to feign.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. faint

   To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FAINT

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Faint is ranked #84463 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Faint surname appeared 222 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Faint.
   
   72% or 160 total occurrences were White.
   23.8% or 53 total occurrences were Black.
   2.2% or 5 total occurrences were of two or more races.

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'FAINT' in Adjectives Frequency: #634

Anagrams for FAINT »

1. Fanti

2. fitna

How to pronounce FAINT?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of FAINT in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of FAINT in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of FAINT in a Sentence

1. Shannon Hutcheson:

   This is a tough thing to do, it is not for the faint of heart, but I'm doing it because I absolutely believe that we have to stand up. We have to stand up against hate. We have to stand up for the working families who aren't being listened to and aren't being represented -- families like the one I grew up in.

2. Masashi Chiba:

   This discovery implies hundreds of faint dwarf satellites waiting to be discovered in the halo of the Milky Way, how many satellites are indeed there and what properties they have, will give us an important clue of understanding how the Milky Way formed and how dark matter contributed to it.

3. Spider-Man:

   Peter Who am I You sure you want to know The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody said it was a happy little tale... if somebody told you I was just your average ordinary guy, not a care in the world... somebody lied.

4. Steven Keating:

   In 2014 I started smelling a very faint vinegar smell for 30 seconds or so, for about once a day. After the third or fourth time, I thought that was really weird.

5. Scott Fowler:

   She really believes she hears the faint cries of an infant. She summons her husband, who is a self-employed grading contractor. He arrives in the area and descends about a 75-foot ravine to find the child alone with a car seat over the bank.

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