as in to faint
to lose consciousness
easily swooned at the sight of blood
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as in daze
a state of mental confusion
she wandered about in a swoon for several days after receiving the tragic news
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as in faint
a temporary state of unconsciousness
fell into a swoon after stepping off of the incredibly fast roller coaster
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as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
her boyfriend's proposal sent her into a joyous swoon
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Recent Examples of swoon
Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Taking partial profits can protect against whatever happens next in the market that swooned Friday and bounced Monday.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 8 June 2026
Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
No, her latest swoon-worthy look is not a sweeping gown or a rare archival fashion moment—at least, not yet.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 29 May 2026
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Verb
Watching a television broadcast from 1994 and swooning at the fuzzy beauty of it all, though?
—Jack Lang, New York Times, 9 June 2026
Taking partial profits can protect against whatever happens next in the market that swooned Friday and bounced Monday.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 8 June 2026
Noun
Dua Lipa and Callum Turner are writing a new chapter in their romance, tying the knot two years after a meeting that would make most bookworms swoon.
—Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
No, her latest swoon-worthy look is not a sweeping gown or a rare archival fashion moment—at least, not yet.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swoon
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In July 2023, Kelly fainted while out for dinner with friends in Los Angeles and was taken to the hospital, where doctors found blood clots around her lungs and legs.—
Jack Irvin,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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Mollica, then 50, started fainting during heavy periods that lasted nearly two weeks.—
Christie Thompson,
NPR,
17 June 2026
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Summer Satur-daze Summer Music Series.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
28 May 2026
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Other bedding plants for summer color in sunny sites include angelonia, blue daze, bush daisy, Joseph’s coat, melampodium, salvia, torenia and zinnias.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2026
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Welcome to a Monday Nightcaps — the one where UFC ring girl Chrissy Blair put America in a trance to celebrate the big 2-5-0.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Scary Movie included joking references to both the creepy Aunt Gladys character, as well as the famous scene of all the kids running off in the middle of the night — except the kids in Scary Movie are running from accidental weed candies at Halloween instead of a trance.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
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Write some of this century’s most devastating songs about the ecstasy of getting together.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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But maybe a little less self-admiring performative ecstasy from some of the rest?—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
11 June 2026
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The company also flags baseline cardiac disease, abnormal ECG, arrhythmia, prior cervical vagotomy, abnormal cervical anatomy, brain tumor or aneurysm history, head trauma, syncope, seizures and nickel allergy as unevaluated risks.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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Vasovagal syncope is defined by the British National Health Service as a common type of fainting caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure and heart rate.—
Jessica Hopkins,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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Oh, heavens to Betsy, not the chest hair!—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
13 June 2026
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His heart and hope lie inside a grey warehouse a few miles from Highway 34 in Weld County, his heaven a canvas of black netting and neon-green paint.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
6 June 2026
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Fury’s personal preference is not known but his delight at returning to America at the weekend points to him being eager to fight there again.—
Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
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But stumbling into a town with a visual landscape that still shows Guedes' thumbprint was a delight.—
Matt Ozug,
NPR,
17 June 2026
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Gathering in the heart of the Golden Triangle turns Juneteenth into both a public history lesson and a street‑level celebration of Black joy.—
Gabby Sartori,
USA Today,
23 June 2026
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Foreigners are visiting the United States, having fun, finding joy in the ridiculousness of American abundance and telling the internet about it.—
Dan Zaksheske OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 June 2026
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“Swoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swoon. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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