swoons
Goes out cold
Swoons is the plural noun or third-person verb form of swoon.
To swoon is to faint, especially from overwhelming emotion—historically from shock, heat, or tight corsets.
The word now more often describes being overcome by romantic or aesthetic feeling without actually losing consciousness: She swoons every time he walks by, Fans swooned over the new album.
A swoon is such a moment of being overwhelmed.
Weak and indistinct
- collapseSudden structural failure
- unconsciousnessComplete lack of awareness
- syncopeTemporary loss of consciousness
- blackoutComplete power loss
dizziness · lightheadedness · vertigo · weakness · prostration · insensibility · vapors · smelling salts
Short-lived intense attraction
- crushCompress with force
- passionIntense emotional drive
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- desireIntense wanting
enchantment · ardor · devotion · affection · tenderness · heart flutter · lovestruck · smitten
Strikingly expressive or sudden
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
- hammyExcessively theatrical in style
overacted · fainting couch · operatic · campy · soap opera · telenovela · Victorian · theatrics
faint
Weak and indistinct
- collapseSudden structural failure
- unconsciousnessComplete lack of awareness
- syncopeTemporary loss of consciousness
blackout · dizziness · lightheadedness · vertigo · weakness · prostration · insensibility · vapors · smelling salts · catch
infatuation
Short-lived intense attraction
desire · enchantment · ardor · devotion · affection · tenderness · heart flutter · lovestruck · smitten · besotted
dramatic
Strikingly expressive or sudden
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
- histrionicExaggeratedly emotional in behavior
hammy · overacted · fainting couch · operatic · campy · soap opera · telenovela · Victorian · theatrics · performative
adoration
Profound loving regard
- worshipReligious reverence and praise
- idolizationExtreme reverent admiration
- hero-worshipUncritical excessive admiration
fangirl · fanboy · groupie · stan · gush · obsession · awe · reverence · celebrity · heartthrob
swoonsrises
Moves upward
stands up · springs up · straightens · steadies · gets up