Definition of faint

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Faint (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

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Ochroleucous :: Ochroleucous (a.) Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow.
Adumbrate :: Adumbrate (v. t.) To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth.
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..
Glimmer :: Glimmer (v. i.) To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp..
Glimmering :: Glimmering (n.) A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.
Ghost :: Ghost (n.) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea..
Shadowy :: Shadowy (a.) Not brightly luminous; faintly light.
Faint :: Faint (superl.) Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance..
Faints :: Faints (n.pl.) The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil..
Faint :: Faint (v. t.) To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
Shimmer :: Shimmer (n.) A faint, tremulous light; a gleaming; a glimmer..
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..
Turn :: Turn (n.) A change of condition; especially, a sudden or recurring symptom of illness, as a nervous shock, or fainting spell; as, a bad turn..
Twilight :: Twilight (n.) faint light; a dubious or uncertain medium through which anything is viewed.
Glimmer :: Glimmer (n.) A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam..
Faint :: Faint (n.) The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n..
Shadowing :: Shadowing (n.) A faint representation; an adumbration.
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..
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Lacking force of utterance or sound; not sonorous; low; small; feeble; faint.
Hack :: Hack (v. i.) To cough faintly and frequently, or in a short, broken manner; as, a hacking cough..
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