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as in ecstasies
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion
her boyfriend's proposal sent her into a joyous swoon
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as in collapses
to lose consciousness
easily swooned at the sight of blood
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Recent Examples of swoons
Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
There have been swoons, yes — stretches where this team has looked its age on the ice.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Come for the fangs, stay for the swoons.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
The only thing that’s preventing him from being as secure at a spot as Wyatt Langford or Corey Seager are his second-half swoons.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026
In swinging sixties London, an elegant middle-aged woman named Leonora swoons in an auction room and is picked up by an antiques dealer and his nephew.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
What rankles even more about 2025 is that, in other late-season swoons, the Mets have at least been tracked down by an adversary.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
That’s partly because prolonged summer swoons have become an annual occurrence under Boone.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
So of course Anna Coleman (Lindsay Lohan) swoons after their first official conversation.
—Mara Reinstein, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
Sitting at a baby grand piano, Mars prompted swoons with his delivery of the lyrics, his pure voice holding notes with the same muscularity as early in the show.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
There have been swoons, yes — stretches where this team has looked its age on the ice.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
Come for the fangs, stay for the swoons.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
The only thing that’s preventing him from being as secure at a spot as Wyatt Langford or Corey Seager are his second-half swoons.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 19 Jan. 2026
In swinging sixties London, an elegant middle-aged woman named Leonora swoons in an auction room and is picked up by an antiques dealer and his nephew.
—Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025
What rankles even more about 2025 is that, in other late-season swoons, the Mets have at least been tracked down by an adversary.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
That’s partly because prolonged summer swoons have become an annual occurrence under Boone.
—Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2025
So of course Anna Coleman (Lindsay Lohan) swoons after their first official conversation.
—Mara Reinstein, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swoons
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The latter, of course, gives better info, and the former gives fleeting metaphors and nearly faints from embarrassment.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
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The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary.—
John Biggs,
Christian Science Monitor,
21 May 2025
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But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football.—
Zack Ruskin,
San Francisco Chronicle,
27 Jan. 2026
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In between is a stretch of smaller hotels, restaurants, and bars, including French restaurant Jacala, where steak tartare is prepared table-side by host Jacques, and the calamari risotto will have you in raptures.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 Dec. 2025
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Its characters are thin, its setpieces and sick delights are nakedly borrowed from much better films, and its titular evil has never been less threatening.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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Tea service at Le Salon is worth a booking to experience the delights of delicate finger sandwiches, pastel-colored confections, and A-plus people-watching.—
Kate Kassin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 Apr. 2026
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There’s also a wellness studio for workouts and morning swims in a lap pool.—
Megan duBois,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2026
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There are seven bars scattered across the ship for grazing between swims, and five restaurants, with no buffet in sight.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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Lane was gifted with that kind of face and personality, too, replete with diagonal eyebrows that join his cheekbones in a quizzical demeanor that, throughout his career, has signaled the joys of life.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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What have been some of the joys of getting to know these astronauts who are the farthest anyone’s ever been from Earth?—
Carlos De Loera,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
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The goal is to meet those future needs without using more fossil fuels and avoiding rolling blackouts.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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During the Arab Spring revolts of the early 2010s, Cairo was routinely racked by blackouts, and Mansour teamed up with an architect friend to experiment with rooftop solar on houses.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
14 Apr. 2026
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Close by, Cassiopeia the Queen and Cepheus the King hang high in the northwest heavens in the early evening.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2026
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These injudicious, blunt-force tariffs do get undone almost as quickly as they are slapped on, thank heavens.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
25 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Swoons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swoons. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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