1
as in vague
not seen or understood clearly
after wandering in the woods for hours, we had only a faint idea of where we were
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2
as in weak
lacking bodily strength
I was starting to feel a little faint after going so long without food
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as in trance
a temporary state of unconsciousness
shocking news can cause a person to fall into a faint
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as in to collapse
to lose consciousness
the kind of person who faints at the sight of blood
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Recent Examples of faint
Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Cottonmouths are usually uniformly dark as adults or have faint patterns, but juveniles are brown or tan with darker, reddish-brown crossbands running down their backs.
—Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2026
Between high temperatures and that infamous humidity, Southern summers aren’t for the faint of heart.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
Mejías fainted during the raid.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 27 May 2026
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Adjective
Traute burst into tears, and Gertrud looked faint from the heat, ready to slump, to surrender.
—Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Cottonmouths are usually uniformly dark as adults or have faint patterns, but juveniles are brown or tan with darker, reddish-brown crossbands running down their backs.
—Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 3 June 2026
Noun
However, the ride is not for the faint of heart since passengers experience three switchbacks along the way.
—Kristine Hansen, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2026
Between high temperatures and that infamous humidity, Southern summers aren’t for the faint of heart.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
Verb
Cust started developing neurological symptoms such as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) — a disorder that causes a racing heart, dizziness, and near-fainting episodes — that made basic daily tasks nearly impossible.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 30 May 2026
Mejías fainted during the raid.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faint
Adjective
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If the team rewards instant replies, unclear meetings, vague ownership, and constant pings, the system will pull everyone back into tempo.—
Gerald J. Leonard,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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Authorities say Boelter, an out-of-work evangelical with conservative views and vague grievances over COVID-19 vaccines, left survivors with life-altering injuries and triggered Minnesota’s largest manhunt before his capture.—
Tim Sullivan,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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But his father contracted pneumonia in 2011, and after two decades in prison, his body was too weak to fight it.—
Yumi Asada,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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That gap is where signal blindness, misalignment, bottlenecks, execution delays and weak learning loops quietly convert external change into our fragilities.—
Christopher Washington,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
Noun
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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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Giles does this by putting Buffy into a trance with a crystal and then injecting her with muscle relaxants and adrenaline suppressors.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 June 2026
Verb
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Whether those disputes are merely differences in public messaging, or reflect something deeper that could cause the agreement to collapse, remains unclear.—
Kevin Liptak,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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But even as the hall was collapsing, The Star reported, Kansas City businessmen Walter Dickey and Uriah Epperson were soliciting pledges from onlookers to launch the rebuilding.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
Adjective
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Prometheus offers an answer — a hazy one, given the few specifics on offer — of something that’s been hard to see two years into this hype cycle.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
11 June 2026
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Meanwhile, Maze of Dreams by Fine Scents captures the feel of a hazy memory or atmosphere.—
Laia Farran Graves,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Osa Odighizuwa won’t ever be confused for Garrett, but the 49ers are convinced their feeble pass rush will improve thanks to Odighizuwa’s interior work.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
9 June 2026
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The Rock People were a feeble attempt to cash in on the shapeshifting craze, as Stonedar, Rokkon, and Granita (the latter never immortalized as an action figure) could turn themselves into… er, meteors.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
4 June 2026
Noun
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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
Verb
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The governor positively swoons over all these residents.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
7 June 2026
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The quilt’s washability is another factor that has shoppers swooning over it.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 June 2026
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“Faint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faint. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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