Definition of faint

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Faint (superl.) Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound..

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Courage :: Courage (n.) That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution..
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To restore from sickness, faintness, or the like; to bring back to life or health; to cure; to heal..
Vestige :: Vestige (n.) The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population..
Glimpse :: Glimpse (n.) A faint idea; an inkling.
Faint :: Faint (n.) The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n..
Syncope :: Syncope (n.) A fainting, or swooning. See Fainting..
Umbra :: Umbra (n.) The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.
Faintish :: Faintish (a.) Slightly faint; somewhat faint.
Lipothymy :: Lipothymy (n.) A fainting; a swoon.
Faint :: Faint (superl.) Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.
Distant :: Distant (a.) Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance..
Tint :: Tint (n.) A pale or faint tinge of any color.
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Faintly representative; hence, typical..
Goneness :: Goneness (n.) A state of exhaustion; faintness, especially as resulting from hunger..
Fainty :: Fainty (a.) Feeble; languid.
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocidae, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick..
Sweltered :: Swelt (v. t.) To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter..
Scotoscope :: Scotoscope (n.) An instrument that discloses objects in the dark or in a faint light.
Faintness :: Faintness (n.) Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description..
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