Synonyms for fainter
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : feynt |
| Phonetic Transcription : feɪnt |
Top 10 synonyms for fainter Other synonyms for the word fainter
- aside
- bated
- bland
- bleached
- blurred
- breathless
- deadened
- deep
- dizzy
- drooping
- dusty
- enervated
- exhausted
- faded
- faltering
- fatigued
- feeble
- fragile
- hoarse
- hushed
- ill-defined
- imperceptible
- indistinct
- languid
- lenient
- lethargic
- light
- lightheaded
- low
- low-pitched
- moderate
- murmuring
- muted
- muttering
- obscure
- out of earshot
- padded
- pale
- piano
- quiet
- remote
- shadowy
- slight
- smooth
- soft
- softened
- soothing
- stifled
- subdued
- tender
- tenuous
- thin
- unclear
- unenthusiastic
- vague
- wan
- weak
- whispered
- woozy
Définition of fainter
Origin :- c.1300, "wanting in courage," now mostly in faint-hearted (mid-15c.), from Old French feint "soft, weak, sluggish," past participle of feindre "hesitate, falter, be indolent, show weakness, avoid one's duty by pretending" (see feign). Sense of "weak, feeble" is early 14c. Meaning "producing a feeble impression upon the senses" is from 1650s.
- adj having little effect on senses
- adj weak
- They were overclouded again, they were fainter, they were gone; but they had been there.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Had I been wearier and fainter, it would have appeared less dreadful.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- Now it grew louder, fainter now, and now it altogether died away.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- And then the fainter, final asseverations of the more distant bells—twelve!
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- Another little sigh, fainter than before, followed, and all was still.
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- The previous sensation, that it was improbable he would die, was fainter now.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
- The sound of her lover's footsteps grew fainter and fainter.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne
- It was a fainter voice now, and the color was going up her cheeks.
- Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick
- Overhead the swirling clouds were passing on; in the distance the thunder was fainter.
- Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
- The centre had been growing fainter and fainter, and now the centre disappeared.
- Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton
Antonyms for fainter
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