Swooning

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A swoon or faint.

    "People of weak nerves or delicate constitutions are liable to swoonings or fainting fits."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of swoon form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    weak and likely to lose consciousness wordnet

Synonyms

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faintlightlight headedlight-headedlightheaded

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"One would have taken her for a little angel, she was so beautiful; for her swooning had not dimmed the brightness of her complexion: her cheeks were carnation, and her lips coral."

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