fainter
More likely swooning
Fainter is the comparative form of faint—more faint.
A sound grows fainter as its source moves away.
A memory becomes fainter with time.
The signal got fainter as we drove into the mountains.
Her hopes grew fainter with each passing day.
Low in light
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- palerMore drained of hue
- weakerDiminished in force
- dimmerLight intensity regulator
duller · hazier · softer · muted · obscured · indistinct · blurred · waning
More subdued in volume
- softerMore yielding to touch
- weakerDiminished in force
- dying awayGradually becoming inaudible
- recedingMoving away from observer
distant · muffled · hushed · murmuring · whispering · barely audible · trailing off · fading out
Losing consciousness briefly
- collapsingFalling inward suddenly
- passing outTemporary loss of awareness
- blacking outSudden loss of consciousness
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
dizzy · woozy · unsteady · overcome · overwhelmed · weak-kneed · buckling · crumpling
More minor or petite
- subtlerMore delicately understated
- vaguerLess precisely defined
- thinnerLiquid diluting agent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
ghostly · ethereal · elusive · fleeting · evanescent · delicate · mere hint · suggestion
dim
Low in light
dimmer · duller · hazier · softer · muted · obscured · indistinct · blurred · waning · receding
quieter
More subdued in volume
- softerMore yielding to touch
- weakerDiminished in force
- dying awayGradually becoming inaudible
receding · distant · muffled · hushed · murmuring · whispering · barely audible · trailing off · fading out · diminishing
swooning
Losing consciousness briefly
- collapsingFalling inward suddenly
- passing outTemporary loss of awareness
- blacking outSudden loss of consciousness
lightheaded · dizzy · woozy · unsteady · overcome · overwhelmed · weak-kneed · buckling · crumpling · sinking
slighter
More minor or petite
wispy · ghostly · ethereal · elusive · fleeting · evanescent · delicate · mere hint · suggestion · trace
weaker
Diminished in force
unsteadier · drooping · flagging · wilting · sagging · enervated · depleted · drained · spent · languishing
coward
Person lacking bravery
wavering · faltering · shrinking · quailing · craven · lily-livered · chicken-hearted · spineless · meek · irresolute
- 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
faint, faintly, fainting, faints, fainted, faintness, faintest, fainthearted, fainters