Definitions for faint
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Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium(adj)

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

2. faint, weak(adj)

   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, wispy(adj)

   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, feeble(adj)

   lacking strength or vigor

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

5. faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded(adj)

   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. faint(adj)

   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-hearted(verb)

   lacking conviction or boldness or courage

   "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"

8. faint, conk, swoon, pass out(verb)

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

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. faint(Noun)

   The act of fainting.

2. faint(Noun)

   The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.

3. faint(Verb)

   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. faint(Adjective)

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

5. faint(Adjective)

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

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

6. faint(Adjective)

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

7. faint(Adjective)

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Faint

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

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

2. Faint

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

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

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

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

4. Faint

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

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

5. Faint(noun)

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

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

6. Faint(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

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

7. Faint(noun)

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

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

8. Faint(noun)

   to decay; to disappear; to vanish

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

9. Faint(verb)

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

   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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. faint

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

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?

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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. KAY ARTHUR:

   Our society is filled with runaways, dropouts, and quitters. The epidemic of walking away has hit our land with effects as devastating as the bubonic plague, and it has destroyed millions of effective lives and relationships. We are so self-centered that we have ceased to lay down our lives for others. We have seen others faint or walk away and we have followed in their weakness. We have fainted when we could have persevered by exchanging our strength for His! With His strength, not only could we have kept on walking, we could have run!

2. Christina Carrega:

   Hours after the investigators were at the facility, they noticed a flimsy-looking wall and a faint smell of marijuana, they couldn’t get to what was behind that wall until another search warrant was executed.

3. Henry Blodget:

   Thankfully, for all of us, I'm not in the stock-market prediction business anymore. I do think the tech industry is in a boom that will end the way all booms do - in a bust, but the magnitude of what's happening today is just a faint echo of what happened in the 1990s.

4. Scott Sheppard:

   Its very faint, its on the edge of our ability to detect it.

5. Erma Bombeck:

   My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

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