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faintness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of faintness

the quality or state of lacking physical strength or vigor

after a year of increasing faintness, the old man quietly died in his sleep

Synonyms of faintness

asthenia, debilitation, debility, delicacy, enervation, enfeeblement, feebleness, fragility, frailness, frailty, infirmity, languidness, languor, listlessness, lowness, weakness, wimpiness

Words Related to faintness

decay, decrepitude

breakdown, collapse, prostration

exhaustion, fatigue, lassitude, weariness

defenselessness, helplessness, impotence, impuissance, powerlessness

effeteness, softness, tenderness

disablement, incapacitation, invalidism

damage, harm, hurt, impairment, injury

Near Antonyms of faintness

energy, vitality

brawniness, fitness, heftiness, huskiness, lustiness, muscularity, virility

hardness, ruggedness, stoutness, sturdiness, toughness

health, healthiness, soundness, wellness

Antonyms of faintness

hardihood, hardiness, robustness, strength, vigor

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