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Antonyms for swooning

Grammar : Verb
Spell : swoon
Phonetic Transcription : swun

Definition of swooning

Origin :
  • c.1300, suowne, "state of unconsciousness," probably from Old English geswogen "in a faint," past participle of a lost verb *swogan, as in Old English aswogan "to choke," of uncertain origin. Cf. Low German swogen "to sigh."
  • verb faint
Example sentences :
  • Cyrus came, running, and between them they get the swooning Gussie to her room.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • In a swooning fit, the patient should immediately be exposed to the open air, and the face and neck sprinkled with cold water.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Perhaps it might be of use to recover persons from swooning.
  • Extract from : « Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air » by Joseph Priestley
  • The agony which had come from rough motion was keeping Smith from swooning now.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • He caught the swooning Melisselda in his arms and covered her face with kisses.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Everything swam before his eyes as if he were on the point of swooning.
  • Extract from : « The Child of Pleasure » by Gabriele D'Annunzio
  • It was Taurus Antinor who received the swooning Cæsar in his strong arms.
  • Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
  • His ears rung as in the overture to the swooning dream of chloroform.
  • Extract from : « Elsie Venner » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • She fell, swooning, into his arms; and he had no alternative but to be her lover.
  • Extract from : « The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 (of 8) » by Guy de Maupassant 1850-1893
  • She guessed that he was stupefied by exhaustion, yet not swooning.
  • Extract from : « Heart of the Blue Ridge » by Waldron Baily

Synonyms for swooning

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