swooning
Going weak-kneed suddenly
Swooning is fainting or losing consciousness, typically from strong emotion, heat, or shock.
The word now appears more often in its figurative sense—being overwhelmed by romantic attraction or admiration: Fans were swooning over the lead singer.
The literal faint has become old-fashioned; the metaphorical swoon thrives.
Weak and indistinct
- collapseSudden structural failure
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- dizzySensation of spinning
- lightheadedFaint and unsteady feeling
blackout · syncope · vertigo · pallor · woozy · vapors · smelling salts · catch
Powerfully attracted to someone
- besottedIntoxicated by love or drink
- enamoredFilled with ardent affection
- crushCompress with force
- lovesickPining from romantic longing
moonstruck · captivated · bewitched · enthralled · pining · yearning · adoring · obsessed
Overwhelmed with joy
- enrapturedFilled with overwhelming delight
- blissfulExtremely serene and joyful
- euphoricOverwhelmed with joy
- rapturousFeeling intense delight
thrilled · transported · overcome · overwhelmed · breathless · awestruck · spellbound · dazzled
Strikingly expressive or sudden
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- VictorianOf a prim era
- damselOld-fashioned maiden
- corsetBoned waist-shaping undergarment
exaggerated · overwrought · histrionic · affected · melodramatic · performative · back of hand · clutching pearls
faint
Weak and indistinct
- collapseSudden structural failure
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- dizzySensation of spinning
lightheaded · blackout · syncope · vertigo · pallor · woozy · vapors · smelling salts · catch · fall
smitten
Powerfully attracted to someone
lovesick · moonstruck · captivated · bewitched · enthralled · pining · yearning · adoring · obsessed · love-struck
ecstatic
Overwhelmed with joy
- enrapturedFilled with overwhelming delight
- blissfulExtremely serene and joyful
- euphoricOverwhelmed with joy
rapturous · thrilled · transported · overcome · overwhelmed · breathless · awestruck · spellbound · dazzled · bedazzled
dramatic
Strikingly expressive or sudden
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- VictorianOf a prim era
- damselOld-fashioned maiden
corset · exaggerated · overwrought · histrionic · affected · melodramatic · performative · back of hand · clutching pearls · vaporous
romantic
Conducive to love
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
- tenderSoft or sore
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
wooing · courtship · embrace · Romeo · heartthrob · dashing · gallant · suitor · serenaded · swept off feet
- emotional expressiontone, laughing, mood, yelling, crying
- infatuationcrush, infatuation, infatuated, smitten, first love
- melodramatichistrionic, theatrical, overwrought, exaggerated, dramatic
- shock reactionsgasp, wide eyes, jaw drop, shocked face, open mouth
- Lovesicklovesick, lovelorn, heartsick, pining, yearning
- dizzinessdizziness, dizzy spell, lightheadedness, vertigo, wooziness