(of a sound or voice) Faint and high-pitched
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Feeling dizzy and close to losing consciousness
“I was sorting clothes in the basement when I started feeling faint, then dizzy and extremely sick.”
Weak or lacking in strength
“The old folks were looking faint after a long haul flight.”
Low in volume or barely audible
“She heard a faint noise in the deckhead, like a distant flag flapping in the breeze.”
Lacking in intensity, vividness or brightness
“The sun rose gracefully and gilded the glorious hillsides with faint light.”
Not clearly understood or visually perceived
“As I get closer, there's a faint gleam behind the stained-glass windows of the 13th-century abbey.”
Very slight or small in terms of probability
“This gave us faint hopes of a release, but the wind springing up as we had anticipated soon extinguished them.”
Lacking conviction or force
“I made an indirect joke about him consuming solids, which resulted in a faint smile from Quentin.”
Frail, sickly or of a delicate constitution
Not in good health
Not perceptible, not detectable, too small in magnitude to be observed
Done or made with care and precision
Pale or weak, as if diluted by water
(of a sound or voice) Faint and high-pitched
Exhausted or in need of rest or sleep
Lacking full energy, effort, commitment, or resolve
Unable to be read or deciphered
Lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality
Fearful, afraid, timid
Suffering or dying from hunger
As a ghost, similar to a ghost
Having a sense of vagueness, insubstantiality, or incongruousness
Weak or feeble in quality or condition
Not conspicuous
Dead or apparently dead
A sudden loss of consciousness
“Everyone in the crowd gasped and Miss Moss fell over in a dead faint with poor little Mr. Goodman to catch her stout figure.”
To lose consciousness (and fall over), typically for a short time
“I'd do it myself, but I faint at the sight of a needle.”
To make pale through lack of light, especially of a plant
To deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
To cause to become tired, weary or fatigued
To feel or show fear or apprehension
Die
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