as in collapsing
to lose consciousness
the kind of person who faints at the sight of blood
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Recent Examples of fainting
Everything from fainting and panic attacks to seizures and heart attacks.
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Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
Manning said smelling salts have only been approved for fainting because of the temporary increase of blood flow to the brain, and increased heart and respiratory rates can wake a person up.
—Jason Jones, New York Times, 15 May 2026
After the surgery Two days later, a nearly fainting NW showed up at Jackson North Medical Center with shortness of breath and heart palpitations.
—David J. Neal
may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
After weeks of inactivity on the fainting front, Whoopi Goldberg has officially collapsed on The View once again.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
Staff described students being unable to focus, becoming dizzy and even fainting.
—Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Five hours earlier, construction worker Orlando Diaz arrived at the emergency department after fainting on the job due to the life-threatening condition of diabetic ketoacidosis.
—Allison Sesso, STAT, 20 Feb. 2026
Certain studies point to other variations as well—fainting and fever may be more common in women whereas palpitations may crop up more often in men.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Feb. 2026
Councilmember Curren Price, 75, was taken to the hospital Wednesday after fainting during a Black History Month event at City Hall.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
Manning said smelling salts have only been approved for fainting because of the temporary increase of blood flow to the brain, and increased heart and respiratory rates can wake a person up.
—Jason Jones, New York Times, 15 May 2026
After the surgery Two days later, a nearly fainting NW showed up at Jackson North Medical Center with shortness of breath and heart palpitations.
—David J. Neal
may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
After weeks of inactivity on the fainting front, Whoopi Goldberg has officially collapsed on The View once again.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
Staff described students being unable to focus, becoming dizzy and even fainting.
—Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Five hours earlier, construction worker Orlando Diaz arrived at the emergency department after fainting on the job due to the life-threatening condition of diabetic ketoacidosis.
—Allison Sesso, STAT, 20 Feb. 2026
Certain studies point to other variations as well—fainting and fever may be more common in women whereas palpitations may crop up more often in men.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Feb. 2026
Councilmember Curren Price, 75, was taken to the hospital Wednesday after fainting during a Black History Month event at City Hall.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fainting
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The dread moving through professional offices right now is the sound of that assumption collapsing.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Badham had barely escaped another collapsing production, an early version of The Wiz starring Diana Ross, when producer Robert Stigwood suddenly called him in to take over what was then still called Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night, based on Nik Cohn’s famous New York magazine article.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
28 May 2026
Verb
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The Pirates of the Caribbean trousers the most stylish insiders are swooning over have captivated Hadid.—
Teresa Romero Martínez,
Glamour,
31 May 2026
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Opening wide, as the live-instrument electroclash fourpiece does, a morbidly sensual portal for dancing and spacing in and out and swooning and spinning is perhaps easier for Daisy than is closing it at gig’s end.—
Matt Thompson,
SPIN,
12 May 2026
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Isis Petrie Williams, president of Haddon Township Pride, said that the 2,000 to 3,000 people in the parade will include local high school marching bands, youth sports teams and many people passing out candy.—
Geoff Mulvihill,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2026
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Busch, who won more races in NASCAR's top three series than anyone in history, died suddenly on Thursday after passing out a day earlier in a driving simulator at General Motors facility in Concord, North Carolina.—
Mark Osborne,
CBS News,
23 May 2026
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“Fainting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fainting. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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