swoon

¹swoon

verb \ˈswün\

Definition of SWOON

intransitive verb

1

a : faint b : to become enraptured <swooning with joy>

2

: droop, fade

— swoon·er noun

— swoon·ing·ly \ˈswü-niŋ-lē\ adverb

Examples of SWOON

1. She almost swooned from fright.
2. <whenever the young woman swooned, she always seemed to manage falling into the arms of a good-looking man>

Origin of SWOON

Middle English swounen, probably back-formation from swouning, swowening, from iswowen, aswoune, from Old English geswōgen in a swoon

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to SWOON

Synonyms: black out, conk (out), keel (over), pass out, faint

Antonyms: come around, come round, come to, revive

Related Words: break down, collapse; zonk (out)

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Rhymes with SWOON

boon, Boone, coon, croon, dune, goon, June, loon, lune, moon, noon, prune, rune, soon, spoon, toon, tune