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faint s. [
dim, shadowy, vague, wispy] lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
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faint s. [
feeble] lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
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faint v. [
conk, swoon, pass out] pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
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faint s. [
light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded] weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"
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faint n. [
swoon, syncope, deliquium] a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
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