Definition of faint

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Faint (superl.) Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance..

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Shadow :: Shadow (n.) To represent faintly or imperfectly; to adumbrate; hence, to represent typically..
Sweltered :: Swelt (v. t.) To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter..
Weak-hearted :: Weak-hearted (a.) Having little courage; of feeble spirit; dispirited; faint-hearted.
Glimmering :: Glimmering (n.) Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer..
Mastic :: Mastic (n.) A resin exuding from the mastic tree, and obtained by incision. The best is in yellowish white, semitransparent tears, of a faint smell, and is used as an astringent and an aromatic, also as an ingredient in varnishes..
Nyctalopia :: Nyctalopia (n.) A disease of the eye, in consequence of which the patient can see well in a faint light or at twilight, but is unable to see during the day or in a strong light; day blindness..
Ochroleucous :: Ochroleucous (a.) Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow.
Feeble :: Feeble (superl.) Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To sink; to languish; to become feeble or faint; as, our spirits rise and fall with our fortunes..
Overtone :: Overtone (n.) One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or partial tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone..
Adumbrative :: Adumbrative (a.) Faintly representing; typical.
Lipothymy :: Lipothymy (n.) A fainting; a swoon.
Faint :: Faint (superl.) Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, Faint heart ne'er won fair lady..
Faintness :: Faintness (n.) Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description..
Faintness :: Faintness (n.) Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.
Trigenic :: Trigenic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C4H7N3O2, obtained, by the action of the vapor of cyanic acid on cold aldehyde, as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste and faint smell; -- called also ethidene- / ethylidene-biuret..
Swelt :: Swelt (v. i.) To faint; to swoon.
Fade :: Fade (a.) To lose freshness, color, or brightness; to become faint in hue or tint; hence, to be wanting in color..
Shimmer :: Shimmer (v. i.) To shine with a tremulous or intermittent light; to shine faintly; to gleam; to glisten; to glimmer.
Fainthearted :: Fainthearted (a.) Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.
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