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

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

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.

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. Faintnoun

   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. 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

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

7. Faintnoun

   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. Faintnoun

   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. Faintverb

   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

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1. Alex

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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. 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.

2. Mark Showalter:

   We came really close to missing it entirely, its too faint to see in a single Hubble [exposure].

3. Ed Wegel:

   When you look at history since '78, how many airlines started, how many didn't make it, it's not a business for the faint of heart, but we believe there are opportunities that will present themselves for us once we show we are a good airline operator.

4. Herbert Hensley Henson:

   Men are doubtful and skeptical about the Church they suspect and dislike the clergy they are impatient of theological systems but for Jesus Christ, as he stand out to view in the sacred pages, as they dimly realize him in their own best selves, as they catch faint traces of him in the lives of his saints, they have no other sentiments than those of respect and affection.

5. 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.

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