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
Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
The wind is blowing, and the PGA Championship’s hole locations are not for the faint of heart.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Meg Anderson, NPR, 27 May 2026
Everything from fainting and panic attacks to seizures and heart attacks.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 16 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
Between high temperatures and that infamous humidity, Southern summers aren’t for the faint of heart.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
The wind is blowing, and the PGA Championship’s hole locations are not for the faint of heart.
—Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Verb
Mejías fainted during the raid.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 27 May 2026
Everything from fainting and panic attacks to seizures and heart attacks.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faint
Adjective
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Shared progress grows when comfort leads the way and one warm connection turns a vague hope into movement.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2026
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Workers thought the vague language of the law could be enforced, but employers thought otherwise.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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As the story goes, attendance was weak, the weather was bad, and the tournament experience was just lacking.—
James Burky,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
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As many as 40 states combine one-party control with institutional barriers weak enough to fall to political pressure.—
Bruce Sibley,
Time,
29 May 2026
Noun
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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
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Jamie hesitated and then, in an actorly kind of trance, came over and joined her on the bed.—
Jonathan Franzen,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Verb
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After the battle, Picard’s battery supported the push from the Roer River to the Rhine as Germany’s western front collapsed.—
Kevin Maurer,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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The same logic applies when AI collapses the price of services that American workers produce.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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Scientific consensus is that this opaqueness is caused by hazy banks of clouds that are masking the atmospheres, but what kind of aerosol particles are in the clouds?—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
4 June 2026
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This led Holland and the Bero team to look beyond traditional beer flavor profiles and the current lineup that includes a hazy IPA and lager-style pilsner.—
John Kell,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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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
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The manner the ball traveled from Maradona suggested a feebler contact than a pure header.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
3 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 9 Jun. 2026.
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