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noun

as in daze
a temporary state of unconsciousness shocking news can cause a person to fall into a faint

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faint

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verb

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
Adjective
Tack on a pair of empty-netters, and the 4-1 final is a virtual dagger to the Red Wings’ already faint playoff hopes. Max Bultman, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025 By subtracting these reference images from the target images, the team effectively removed the star's light, isolating the faint signals from the planets. Victoria Corless, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
The struggle is real at times and definitely not for the faint at heart. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024 German chocolate cakes are known for being rich desserts, so this homemade chocolate cake recipe is not one for the faint of taste buds. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2023
Verb
Javadi here faints upon seeing her first patient, which is a real rough start to her first day in her emergency-medicine rotation, but not one person refers to her as Doogie Howser, which honestly seems like a huge win. Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025 Treasures include antique oil paintings on old easels, silver teapots, bookcases, four-post beds, Persian rugs, fainting sofas, rattan porch chairs, and a smattering of estate accessories, from jewelry to furs, hats to small accouterments. Jenny Adams, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for faint
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faint
Adjective
  • Jared Weiss of The Athletic shared via X. Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson was quite vague when discussing the possibility of Garland suiting up for Game 4.
    Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
  • For now, the language in the president’s executive order was fairly vague.
    Annie Nova, CNBC, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Weak Treasury Demand Moved Rates More recently, in the wake of the administration’s chaotic trade policy rollout, Treasury security auctions did not go as expected, with weak demand pushing rates up higher than everyone expected.
    Norbert Michel, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • That’s why he’s been able to generate so much weak contact over the years.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The game had barely started when Bentaleb abruptly stopped running, sat down and then collapsed on the ground.
    Tom Williams, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
  • But, as ballots were being counted, government authorities announced that the electoral system had collapsed.
    Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The reasons for her travels—whether to marry a man at her father’s behest or to undertake a pilgrimage to Rome—are hazy.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
  • As part of my initiation into beer society, Hoey gave me seven beers to try, ranging from a deep stout to a hoppy hazy India pale ale.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Right-hander Michael King toyed with Colorado’s feeble offense and pitched his first complete-game shutout.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2025
  • One feeble shift by the Freddy Gaudreau line led to the Flames countering and Sharangovich scoring on a deflection off a harmless-looking shot by Martin Pospisil.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Parham, a former Methodist married to a woman from a Quaker family, had come to Kansas from Iowa, after touring holiness camps and talking with global missionaries, some of whom told him about seeing recent converts slip into trances and speak in tongues.
    Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Lady Gaga is in a trance from Lucy Dacus covering one of her Mayhem songs.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Stocks swooned Thursday on fears President Donald Trump's triple-digit tariff on China would significantly damage the U.S. economy and corporate profits.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Now, everyone from high-schoolers to grandmas can swoon at his wife-guy sweetness.
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Gachot fills them with springtime blooms like garden tulips, cherry blossoms, poppies, daffodils, and pale pink ranunculus.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The moisturizer itself is a creamy, dreamy texture with a pale pink color and subtle rose scent.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Faint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faint. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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