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swoon

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of swoon

to lose consciousness

  • easily swooned at the sight of blood
Synonyms of swoon

black out, conk (out), faint, keel (over), pass out
Words Related to swoon

break down, collapse

zonk (out)
Antonyms of swoon

come around, come round, come to, revive

swoon

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of swoon

1 a state of mental confusion

  • she wandered about in a swoon for several days after receiving the tragic news
Synonyms of swoon

daze, dazedness, fog, haze, muddle, spin
Words Related to swoon

reverie, stupor, trance

befuddlement, bewilderment, perplexity, puzzlement

delirium, malaise, paralysis

cloudiness, fogginess
Near Antonyms of swoon

alertness, levelheadedness

2 a temporary state of unconsciousness

  • fell into a swoon after stepping off of the incredibly fast roller coaster
Synonyms of swoon

blackout, faint, insensibility, knockout, swim, syncope
Words Related to swoon

daze, stupor, trance

drowsiness, narcosis, sleep, somnolence

3 a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

  • her boyfriend's proposal sent her into a joyous swoon
Synonyms of swoon

cloud nine, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, heaven, high, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, transport
Words Related to swoon

exaltation

blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, delight, enchantment, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure

reverie, trance

inspiration

fervor, frenzy, madness, passion

cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness
Near Antonyms of swoon

misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness

blues, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, melancholy, mopes
Antonyms of swoon

depression

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