swoon

swoon

noun

Definition of SWOON

1

a state of mental confusion <she wandered about in a swoon for several days after receiving the tragic news>

Synonyms daze, dazedness, fog, muddle, spin, swoon

Related Words reverie, stupor, trance; befuddlement, bewilderment, perplexity, puzzlement; delirium, malaise, paralysis; cloudiness, fogginess

Near Antonyms alertness, levelheadedness

2

a temporary state of unconsciousness <fell into a swoon at the sight of the handsome movie star>

Synonyms blackout, insensibility, knockout, swim, swoon, syncope

Related Words daze, stupor, trance; drowsiness, narcosis, sleep, somnolence

3

a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion <her boyfriend's proposal sent her into a joyous swoon>

Synonyms cloud nine, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, heaven, high, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, swoon, transport

Related Words exaltation; blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, delight, enchantment, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure; reverie, trance; inspiration; fervor, frenzy, madness, passion; cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness

Near Antonyms misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness; blues, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, melancholy, mopes

Antonyms depression