Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Verb

Noun

The word "faint" can be used as adjective, adjective, verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Dbpedia Genre

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Derived Terms

afaint damn with faint praise faint heart never won fair lady faint of heart faint-heart faint-hearted fainten faintful faintheart fainthearted fainthood fainting goat faintingly faintingness faintish faintless faintling faintly faintness faintsome faintward fainty forfaint overfaint praise with faint damns ultrafaint unfainting

Distinct From

loud

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

black out loss of consciousness pass out zonk out

Type Of (IsA)

band loss of consciousness

Manner Of

zonk out

Related Terms

brain collapse conscious consciousness cowardly dejected disorder down fainting fall fall down falling falling over languid lose lose conscious lose consciousness minimal out over oxygen pass pass out passing passing out perceptible slight syncope weak weakly

Similar Terms

cowardly fainting spell fearful ill indistinct indistinct perceptible perceptible sick syncope weak

Synonym Network

faint hearted feeble light headed pass out queal shadowy sweb swoon

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