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"suddenly felt faint from the pain" "was sick and faint from hunger"adjectiveweak and likely to lose consciousness
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"a faint outline" "the wan sun cast faint shadows" "the faint light of a distant candle" "a faint hissing sound" "a faint aroma"adjectivedeficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
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"faint heart ne'er won fair lady"adjectivelacking conviction or boldness or courage
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verbpass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
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"damning with faint praise" "faint resistance"adjectivelacking strength or vigor
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"only a faint recollection"adjectivelacking clarity or distinctness
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nouna spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the braintype of:
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"a faint clue to the origin of the mystery" "haven't the faintest idea"adjectiveindistinctly understood or felt or perceived
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Definition that contains faint
- little (of a voice) faint
- small (of a voice) faint
- strong not faint or feeble
- dragon a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus
- snake a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer
- cowardly lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
- crater a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus
- fearful lacking courage; ignobly timid and faint-hearted
- sculptor a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus
- pisces a large faint zodiacal constellation; between Aquarius and Aries