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- after wandering in the woods for hours, we had only a faint idea of where we were
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- I was starting to feel a little faint after going so long without food
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nounSynonyms of faint (Entry 2 of 3)
- shocking news can cause a person to fall into a faint
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of faint (Entry 3 of 3)
- the kind of person who faints at the sight of blood
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“Faint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faint. Accessed 26 May. 2022.
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