Her knees trembled, her heart fluttered, a horrible faintness came over her.
Source: tatoeba (5838168)
Faintness
Synonyms for "faintness" (51 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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More general
18 entriesblurrinessconditionfeelingfogginessfuzzinesshealth conditionindistinctnessloss of consciousnessmedical eventperceptual qualityphysiological eventqualitysensory attributesoftnessstatetimidity
Showing 16 of 18 words.
More specific
9 entriescardiac syncopedebilitationdimnessexhaustionfaint lightfaint odorinfirmitysituational syncopevasovagal syncope
Collocations
5 entriesfaintness of colorfaintness of lightfaintness of odorprolonged faintnesssudden faintness
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Then a faintness came over her; she recalled the Viscount who had waltzed with her at the chateau, and his beard exhaled like this air an odour of vanilla and citron, and mechanically she half-closed her eyes the better to breathe it in.
Source: tatoeba (11945545)
And he first took exceptions at this badge, / Pronouncing that the paleness of this flower / Bewray'd the faintness of my master's heart.
Source: wiktionary
The confusion, in which impressions are sometimes involved, proceeds only from their faintness and unsteadiness, not from any capacity in the mind to receive any impression, which in its real existence has no particular degree nor proportion.
Source: wiktionary
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