She was on the verge of fainting out of sheer terror.
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Fainting
//ˈfeɪntɪŋ//
Synonyms for "fainting" (76 found)
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Related words (38)
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1 entriesform of
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3 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 23 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- desmai noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Cebuano
2 entries- kuyap noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
- lipong noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 昏暈 /昏晕 noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Czech
2 entries- mdloba noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
- omdlení noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Finnish
2 entries- pyörtyminen noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
- pökertyminen noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
French
2 entries- syncope noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
- évanouissement noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Galician
4 entries- agavante noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
- dada noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
- desvano noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
- esvaimento noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
German
1 entries- Ohnmacht noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Greek
1 entries- λιποθυμία noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Hindi
1 entries- मूर्छा noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Hungarian
1 entries- ájulás noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Indonesian
1 entries- pingsan noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Interlingua
1 entries- syncope noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Italian
1 entries- svenimento noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Japanese
1 entries- 失神 noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Kapampangan
1 entries- liping noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Malay
1 entries- pengsan noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Portuguese
2 entries- desmaio noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
- síncope noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Russian
1 entries- о́бморок noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- fannachadh noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Spanish
1 entries- desmayo noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Tagalog
1 entries- himatay noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Telugu
1 entries- మూర్ఛ noun (an act of collapsing to a state of temporary unconsciousness)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
She was on verge of fainting.
Source: tatoeba (313676)
They were fainting.
Source: tatoeba (3209887)
"O Nymphs! O Pan!" he shouted in rapture, and hurrying down to the plain he threw himself into Chloe's arms, so full of delight that he fell fainting to the ground.
Source: tatoeba (6213023)
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