faint
Pass out cold
Faint describes something weak or barely perceptible: a faint sound, a faint smell, a faint hope.
A faint resemblance is slight.
To feel faint is to feel lightheaded, on the verge of losing consciousness—and to faint is to do so, briefly blacking out.
She fainted from the heat.
The fainthearted lack courage or conviction.
Lacking color intensity
weak · indistinct · hazy · shadowy · obscure · barely visible · ghostly · washed out
Made quieter, less distinct
low · murmur · whisper · barely audible · indistinct · muted · subdued · fading
Complete power loss
- pass outLose consciousness briefly
- syncopeTemporary loss of consciousness
- collapseSudden structural failure
- swoonLose consciousness briefly
keel over · lightheadedness · dizzy · vertigo · nausea · woozy · giddy · unsteady
Minor or thin
- traceMinute remnant or pursue
- hintIndirect suggestion
- whisperSpeech without full voice
- suggestionIdea proposed for consideration
touch · glimmer · wisp · breath · soupçon · tinge · bare · scarcely
pale
Lacking color intensity
soft · weak · indistinct · hazy · shadowy · obscure · barely visible · ghostly · washed out · bleached
muffled
Made quieter, less distinct
quiet · low · murmur · whisper · barely audible · indistinct · muted · subdued · fading · dying away
blackout
Complete power loss
- pass outLose consciousness briefly
- syncopeTemporary loss of consciousness
- collapseSudden structural failure
swoon · keel over · lightheadedness · dizzy · vertigo · nausea · woozy · giddy · unsteady · disoriented
slight
Minor or thin
suggestion · touch · glimmer · wisp · breath · soupçon · tinge · bare · scarcely · barely
frail
Weak and breakable
infirm · enervated · debilitated · exhausted · fatigued · listless · languid · powerless · enfeebled · sapped
whiff
Brief, faint smell
subtle · delicate · wisp · suggestion · ghost · remnant · fading · dissipating · wafting · perfume
- visionsharp, eye, visual perception, sight, eyes
- fear reactionsscream, scared, gasp, terrified, flinch
- handwritingcursive, block letters, penmanship, print letters, legible
- sound qualitiesloudness, pitch, tone, clarity, volume
- states of mindawareness, awake, asleep, alert, drowsy
- stress reactionspanic, fear, fright, terror, horror
faintstrong
Having great physical power
intense · vivid · powerful · pronounced · overwhelming
- not have the faintestLack any understanding
- faint of heartEasily unnerved or frightened
- feel faint
- fainting spellsTemporary loss of consciousness
- damn with faint praiseUndercut through tepid approval
- faint light
faintly, fainting, faints, fainted, faintness, fainter, faint-hearted, faintest, faintings