swoon
Sink from rapture
Swoon is to faint or lose consciousness, typically from overwhelming emotion.
The word now appears more often in its figurative sense—to be overwhelmed with delight or admiration: Fans swooned when he took the stage, a swoon-worthy performance.
The noun names the faint itself or the state of rapturous absorption: She fell into a swoon.
Weak and indistinct
- collapseSudden structural failure
- keel overSuddenly fall unconscious
- pass outLose consciousness briefly
- blackoutComplete power loss
unconscious · lightheaded · dizzy · vertigo · woozy · vapors · smelling salts · syncope
Defeat by excess
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- elationIntense triumphant joy
melt · weak in the knees · gasp · sigh · flutter · gush · fangirl · fawning
Powerfully attracted to someone
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
- lovesickPining from romantic longing
moonstruck · starry-eyed · head over heels · captivated · enchanted · beguiled · charmed · enthralled
Of a prim era
- fainting couchBackless lounger for swooning
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
- vaporsGaseous exhalations
smelling salts · damsel · chaise longue · petticoat · bodice · Regency · parlor · chivalry
faint
Weak and indistinct
- collapseSudden structural failure
- keel overSuddenly fall unconscious
- pass outLose consciousness briefly
blackout · unconscious · lightheaded · dizzy · vertigo · woozy · vapors · smelling salts · syncope · overcome
overwhelm
Defeat by excess
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- thrillSurge of intense excitement
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
elation · melt · weak in the knees · gasp · sigh · flutter · gush · fangirl · fawning · bedazzled
smitten
Powerfully attracted to someone
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
- infatuatedConsumed by shallow ardor
lovesick · moonstruck · starry-eyed · head over heels · captivated · enchanted · beguiled · charmed · enthralled · rapture
Victorian
Of a prim era
- fainting couchBackless lounger for swooning
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
vapors · smelling salts · damsel · chaise longue · petticoat · bodice · Regency · parlor · chivalry · gallant
- flirtingpickup line, wink, winking, hair flip, chat-up line
- infatuationcrush, infatuation, infatuated, smitten, first love
- love expressionsI love you, my love, sweetheart, darling, dear
- melodramavillain, heroine, hero, damsel in distress, happy ending
- romance novelsbodice ripper, Harlequin, happily ever after, rake, historical romance
- obsolete relationship wordsbetrothed, beau, suitor, courting, swain
swoonrevulsion
Intense physical disgust
disgust · repulsion · indifference · recoil · loathing
swoonrise
Move to higher position
spring up · get up · stand firm · stand up · bolt upright