She had no sooner taken it into her hand than, either because she was too quick and heedless, or because the decree of the fairy had so ordained, it ran into her hand, and she fell down in a swoon.
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Swoon
//swuːn//
Synonyms for "swoon" (58 found)
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Related words (29)
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More general
4 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
6 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λιποθυμία noun (a faint)
Arabic
1 entries- إِغْمَاء noun (a faint)
Bulgarian
1 entries- припадък noun (a faint)
Catalan
1 entries- desmai noun (a faint)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 昏厥 noun (a faint)
- 昏倒 verb (to faint — see also faint)
- 昏厥 verb (to faint — see also faint)
- 暈厥 /晕厥 verb (to faint — see also faint)
Czech
4 entries- mdloby noun (a faint)
- omdlévat verb (to faint — see also faint)
- omdlít verb (to faint — see also faint)
- padat do mdlob verb (to faint — see also faint)
Dutch
3 entries- bezwijming noun (a faint)
- flauw vallen verb (to faint — see also faint)
- zwijmelen verb (to be overwhelmed by emotion)
Finnish
1 entries- tajuttomuus noun (a faint)
French
1 entries- pâmoison noun (a faint)
Galician
4 entries- agavante noun (a faint)
- dada noun (a faint)
- desmaio noun (a faint)
- pasamento noun (a faint)
German
3 entries- Ohnmacht noun (a faint)
- in Verzückung geraten verb (to be overwhelmed by emotion)
- schwärmen verb (to be overwhelmed by emotion)
Irish
4 entries- aisnéal noun (a faint)
- fanntais noun (a faint)
- laige noun (a faint)
- néal noun (a faint)
Italian
1 entries- spasmo noun (a faint)
Japanese
3 entries- 失神 noun (a faint)
- 気絶 noun (a faint)
- 気絶する verb (to faint — see also faint)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بایلمق verb (to faint — see also faint)
Portuguese
1 entries- desmaio noun (a faint)
Russian
4 entries- о́бморок noun (a faint)
- поте́ря созна́ния noun (a faint)
- па́дать в о́бморок verb (to faint — see also faint)
- потеря́ть созна́ние verb (to faint — see also faint)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- neul noun (a faint)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- nèsvestica noun (a faint)
- нѐсвестица noun (a faint)
Spanish
4 entries- deliquio noun (a faint)
- desmayo noun (a faint)
- derretirse verb (to be overwhelmed by emotion)
- desmayarse verb (to faint — see also faint)
Swedish
3 entries- svimning noun (a faint)
- svimningsanfall noun (a faint)
- dåna verb (to be overwhelmed by emotion)
Tamil
1 entries- மயங்கு verb (to faint — see also faint)
Telugu
1 entries- మూర్ఛ noun (a faint)
Ukrainian
4 entries- втрачати свідомість verb (to faint — see also faint)
- мліти verb (to faint — see also faint)
- мліти verb (to be overwhelmed by emotion)
- непритомніти verb (to faint — see also faint)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Every time Tom walks by Human Resources, the women swoon.
Source: tatoeba (6590471)
It was on this ominous spot that Lucy Ashton first drew breath after her long and almost deadly swoon.
Source: tatoeba (7752174)
The emergence of the Omicron variant has caused financial markets to swoon and national leaders to order or threaten fresh pandemic measures aimed at preventing the strain’s spread.
Source: tatoeba (11064743)
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