Synonyms for faintness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : feynt |
| Phonetic Transcription : feɪnt |
Top 10 synonyms for faintness Other synonyms for the word faintness
- Achilles heel
- appetite
- blemish
- brain fag
- burnout
- chink in armor
- debility
- decrepitude
- delicacy
- disease
- dullness
- dysequilibrium
- enervation
- enfeeblement
- ennui
- exhaustion
- faintness
- fatigation
- fault
- feebleness
- foible
- fondness
- heaviness
- impairment
- imperfection
- impotence
- inclination
- inconstancy
- indecision
- infirmity
- invalidity
- irresolution
- languor
- lassitude
- lethargy
- lightheadedness
- liking
- listlessness
- malaise
- overtiredness
- passion
- penchant
- powerlessness
- predilection
- proclivity
- prostration
- senility
- shortcoming
- sickliness
- soft spot
- sore point
- taste
- unhealthiness
- unsteadiness
- vertigo
- vice
- vitiation
- vulnerability
- weakness
- weariness
- wooziness
Définition of faintness
Origin :- late 14c., from faint (adj.) + -ness.
- As in weakness : noun defect, proneness
- As in dizziness : noun whirling sensation
- As in weak point : noun weakness
- As in debility : noun incapacity, weakness
- As in fatigue : noun tiredness
- Its deplorable peculiarity was, that it was the faintness of solitude and disuse.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- As time went on my sensations of illness and faintness increased.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Sometimes I had sensations of faintness and exhaustion for which I could not account.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- The girl leaned forward, thrusting—as if by an effort—some of her faintness from her.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- And a faintness, almost a feeling of despair, came over her.
- Extract from : « Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic » by Olive Thorne Miller
- But this sort of faintness—a drowsy faintness—passed off quickly.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- The faintness of chaperons would no longer imperil his comfort.
- Extract from : « 'Charge It' » by Irving Bacheller
- He sat down because of the faintness in his legs, and for no other reason.
- Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
- And would they not die in the meanwhile of faintness, because they were very hungry?
- Extract from : « The Young Treasure Hunter » by Frank V. Webster
- Shaking off the last traces of faintness with a firm will, she got up.
- Extract from : « The Coming Conquest of England » by August Niemann
Antonyms for faintness
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