swoons 1 of 2

noun

plural of swoon
1
as in faints
a temporary state of unconsciousness fell into a swoon after stepping off of the incredibly fast roller coaster

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2
as in ecstasies
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion her boyfriend's proposal sent her into a joyous swoon

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swoons

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verb

present tense third-person singular of swoon
as in collapses
to lose consciousness easily swooned at the sight of blood

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Recent Examples of swoons
Noun
Calm and good-natured, the 33-year-old swoons these days over his 8-month old daughter, trying to stay positive. — ABC News, 26 June 2026 Calm and good-natured, the 33-year-old swoons these days over his 8-month-old daughter, trying to stay positive. — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026 England always has flashy players heading into World Cup play, but the results haven't been there, and they've often been sent home in brutal fashion, offering a great parallel to the Mets' clockwork-like midsummer swoons and late-season meltdowns. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026 There’s a segment of the audience that practically swoons when good news befalls some of the cast at the end of the play. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026 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
Verb
The governor positively swoons over all these residents. — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 7 June 2026 Pasta lovers, meatball fans and everyone who swoons over pizza knows that the Charlotte area has great Italian restaurants at every turn. — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swoons
  1. faints
  2. ecstasies
  3. trances
  4. raptures
  5. swims
  6. delights
  7. blackouts
  8. joys
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of faints
Noun
  • 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
Definition of ecstasies
Noun
  • Unlike in Cutud, participants are mostly female faith healers adhering not to vows but to mystic trances and possession.
    — H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 10 July 2026
Definition of trances
Noun
  • Just four minutes later, Baggio doubled the Italians’ lead with a swift half-volley, sending the capacity crowd inside of New Jersey’s Giants Stadium into raptures.
    — Shaun Goodwin June 8, Idaho Statesman, 8 June 2026
  • Recorded on five reel-to-reel decks, the composer’s 1975 piece blends everyday and exotic sounds—human breath, cheeping frogs, bubbling geysers—into a passionate defense of the raptures of listening.
    — Joshua Minsoo Kim, Pitchfork, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of raptures
Noun
  • The gondola swings back and forth and ‘swims’ when Sepp gets agitated.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Almost everything on the menu grows, swims, or gets distilled within a few kilometers of the kitchen.
    — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of swims
Noun
  • There’s a nice localised touch via a railway footbridge on the approach depicting the highs of Southampton’s football history and the delights of the city centre, particularly Oxford Street, can be enjoyed before strolling on to the match.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The harvest’s fleeting nature means the window to catch these seasonal delights is closing, so pull up a seat before the season makes its inevitable exit.
    — Angela Hansberger, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of delights
Noun
  • The communkit gathering took place at a time residents in Havana and other areas of the island have a scarce few hours of electricity, if any, every day amid blackouts, as well as food and fuel shortages that have devastated the country’s economy.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Malawi, an African nation, faced severe 18-hour blackouts after Tropical Storm Ana destroyed a major hydropower dam in 2022, crippling its grid and highlighting reliance on intermittent solar and expensive diesel.
    — Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of blackouts
Noun
  • The show was a colorful, vibrant display of Puerto Rican and pan-Latin American culture, featuring a dynamic set showcasing the history of workers in sugarcane fields to the modern joys of everyday life and an actual legal wedding onstage.
    — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The joys and thrill of the FIFA World Cup may have come to a close last month, but the passion and camaraderie developed through soccer don’t have to end.
    — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of joys

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