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faintness
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Faintness — Faint ness, n. 1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self control. [1913 Webster] 2. Want of vigor or energy. Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
faintness — index indistinctness, obscuration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
faintness — late 14c., from FAINT (Cf. faint) (adj.) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
Faintness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Faintness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 faintness faintness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 faint sound faint sound whisper breath Sgm: N 1 undertone undertone underbreath Sgm: N 1 murmur murmur … English dictionary for students
faintness — noun 1. a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon • Derivationally related forms: ↑faint • Hypernyms: ↑feeling 2. the property of being without strength the faintness or potency of the feeling • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
faintness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Weakness of sound Nouns 1. faintness, softness, lowness, indistinctness; decrescendo, diminuendo. See sound, silence, weakness. 2. (faint sound) murmur, mumble, mutter, whisper, undertone, muffled tone(s); … English dictionary for students
faintness — faint ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a sight, smell, or sound) barely perceptible. 2) (of a hope, chance, or idea) slight. 3) close to losing consciousness. ► VERB ▪ briefly lose consciousness because of an insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain. ► NOUN… … English terms dictionary
faintness — See fainter. * * * … Universalium
faintness — noun The property of being or feeling faint … Wiktionary
faintness — faint·ness nəs n the state or condition of being faint: partial or near loss of consciousness … Medical dictionary
