fainting

Speech parts

1. fainting - Noun

2. fainting - Verb

Meaning

of Faint

Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

collapse dying tired faint coma fading anesthesia asthma abscess chill atrophy apathy flagging narcosis amazement

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Antonyms

strong emerging breathing awakening salubrious routing

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Phrases with the word

fainting fit fainting spell periodic fainting spell disorder of heart rhythm causing fainting fainting induced by complete heart block

Examples

If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting - and whether or not we leaders agree. Ernest Bevin

Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe. Oliver Goldsmith

He caught her as if he were used to catching fainting girls, as if he did it everyday. Cassandra Clare

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or help one fainting robin Unto his nest again, I shall not live in vain. Emily Dickinson

Oh! make me Thine forever; And should I fainting be, Lord! let me never, never, Outlive my love to Thee! Paul Gerhardt

Let the traveller fainting on his journey take rest under a tree which contains both fruit and shade. Hindi Proverb

Close letter words and terms

faintheartedly faintheartedness fainthood fainting fit fainting goat fainting goat syndrome