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Definition of Faintness

1. Noun. A feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon.

2. Noun. The property of being without strength. "The faintness or potency of the feeling"

3. Noun. Barely audible.

4. Noun. The trait of lacking boldness and courage. "Faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose"

5. Noun. The quality of being dim or lacking contrast.

Definition of Faintness

1. n. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.

Definition of Faintness

1. Noun. The property of being or feeling faint. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Faintness

1. [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Faintness

1. 1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control. 2. Want of vigor or energy. 3. Feebleness, as of colour or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description. 4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Faintness

faintest fainteth fainthearted faintheartedly faintheartedness faintheartednesses faintier faintiest fainting faintingly

faintings faintish faintishness faintishnesses faintly faintness (current term) faintnesses faints fainty fair(a)

fair-and-square fair-built fair-haired fair-haired(a) fair-haired boy fair-maids-of-France fair-minded fair-mindedness fair-to-middlin'

Literary usage of Faintness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mental Science: A Compendium of Psychology, and the History of Philosophy by Alexander Bain (1870)
"Under a certain degree of faintness, a present impression will be unable to recall the past, even although the resemblance amounts to identity. ..."

2. Obstetric and Gynecologic Nursing by Edward Parker Davis (1901)
"faintness.—Pregnant patients are often greatly annoyed by sensations of fainting, ... When faintness occurs the patient should lie down, have the clothing ..."

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