as in to faint
to lose consciousness
easily swooned at the sight of blood
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as in daze
a state of mental confusion
she wandered about in a swoon for several days after receiving the tragic news
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as in faint
a temporary state of unconsciousness
fell into a swoon after stepping off of the incredibly fast roller coaster
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as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
her boyfriend's proposal sent her into a joyous swoon
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Recent Examples of swoon
Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
One of which, featuring Anna Cathcart’s Kitty Song Covey swooning over her love interest Min Ho (Sang Heon Lee), is embedded above.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
Each season traces the love story of one of the eight Bridgerton siblings, giving audiences memorable heart-fluttering and swoon-worthy moments, cementing it as one of the streamer's most popular shows.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Fans swooned over the wholesome answer.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
One of which, featuring Anna Cathcart’s Kitty Song Covey swooning over her love interest Min Ho (Sang Heon Lee), is embedded above.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
Playing Laurie — that’s the Timothée Chalamet role to you — Bale flexes his swoon-worthy-romantic-interest muscles in Gillian Armstrong’s adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2026
Each season traces the love story of one of the eight Bridgerton siblings, giving audiences memorable heart-fluttering and swoon-worthy moments, cementing it as one of the streamer's most popular shows.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swoon
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At his recent show in London, sombr paused the program to call out event staff after a fan appeared to faint in the audience without receiving help.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
11 Mar. 2026
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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
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In the band’s heyday, Anthony Kiedis, with his bare torso and long girlish copper-blond hair, looked like a ’70s teen idol who’d become a Warhol hustler – a street-flesh god like Joe Dallesandro, except that where Dallesandro was in a daze, Kiedis was a live wire.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
13 Mar. 2026
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And there’s still almost an hour of film left to go, in which everyone, including the audience, is in a sort of hallucinatory, post traumatic daze — but even the relative comfort of that won’t last long.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Then, the repetitive descending melody is interrupted and restarts; in this musical rupture the trance is broken.—
Holden Seidlitz,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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Splayed out across Bulgarian folk music, trance beats, bruxaria atmospheres, samba, and even bits of nueva ola, Free Spirits feels dialed all the way up.—
Maria Nenet Barrios,
Pitchfork,
19 Mar. 2026
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Boston Police recover meth, ecstasy, fentanyl during arrest Boston Police arrested a Brockton man on drug charges in the area around East Brookline Street following community complaints, the department said in a statement.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
22 Mar. 2026
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The 29-year-old, who has made a career out of making 3-point shots, blacked out in basketball ecstasy.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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Too much laughter may cause laugh syncope, a rare condition characterized by a transient loss of consciousness and postural tone due to inadequate blood flow to the brain.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Mar. 2026
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In some cases, if the blood pressure is too low, fainting (syncope) may occur.4 Fainting is a transient loss of consciousness caused by a decrease in oxygen and nutrients reaching the brain.—
Colleen Doherty,
Verywell Health,
2 Aug. 2025
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White and brown are a match made in sartorial heaven.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
10 Mar. 2026
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Summer brings enormous, heaven-scented blooms that ripen to attractive cones holding bright red seeds.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
3 Mar. 2026
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In particular, cast member Heidi Gardner at one point laughed so hard that the sketch ground to a halt for about 20 seconds, as the audience cheered with delight.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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However, this is the second Kickstarter from ViewDock – its first running last year and successfully delivered to the apparent delight of backers.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Mar. 2026
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Partnerships of all kinds can find joy today, despite the chaos of the Moon-Mars square.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Mar. 2026
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It’s been my and Noga’s joy and privilege to help carry Gene Roddenberry’s extraordinary vision forward with Starfleet Academy, thanks to the hundreds of hardworking humans who pour every ounce of their talents into the work daily with imagination and reverence.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Swoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swoon. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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