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" (72 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (36)
kayokeel overknockoutkolethargylipothymialipothymynarcohypnosisnarcolepsynarcomanarcosisnarcotic stupornarcotizationnirvananirvana principlenodnothingnessoblivionobliviousnesspass
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Noun(1 words)
loss of consciousness
Verb(1 words)
pass out
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
9 entriesaffective stateblack outemotional responseemotional stateloss of consciousnessmedical conditionpass outphysiological statezonk out
More specific
10 entriesadorationcardiac syncopeecstatic joyfainting spellidolizationromantic infatuationsituational syncopesyncopevasovagal episodevasovagal syncope
Collocations
10 entriesdramatic swoonfainting swoonmass swoonpublic swoonromantic swoonswoon at the sightswoon overswoon with admirationswoon with joyswoon with relief
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Every time Tom walks by Human Resources, the women swoon.
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It was on this ominous spot that Lucy Ashton first drew breath after her long and almost deadly swoon.
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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.
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