Meaning of "faint" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FAINT

From Old French, from faindre to be idle.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FAINT

faint  [feɪnt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAINT

Faint is a verb and can also act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb faint in English.

WHAT DOES FAINT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of faint in the English dictionary

The first definition of faint in the dictionary is lacking clarity, brightness, volume, etc. Other definition of faint is lacking conviction or force; weak. Faint is also feeling dizzy or weak as if about to lose consciousness.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FAINT

PRESENT

Present

I faint

you faint

he/she/it faints

we faint

you faint

they faint

Present continuous

I am fainting

you are fainting

he/she/it is fainting

we are fainting

you are fainting

they are fainting

Present perfect

I have fainted

you have fainted

he/she/it has fainted

we have fainted

you have fainted

they have fainted

Present perfect continuous

I have been fainting

you have been fainting

he/she/it has been fainting

we have been fainting

you have been fainting

they have been fainting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I fainted

you fainted

he/she/it fainted

we fainted

you fainted

they fainted

Past continuous

I was fainting

you were fainting

he/she/it was fainting

we were fainting

you were fainting

they were fainting

Past perfect

I had fainted

you had fainted

he/she/it had fainted

we had fainted

you had fainted

they had fainted

Past perfect continuous

I had been fainting

you had been fainting

he/she/it had been fainting

we had been fainting

you had been fainting

they had been fainting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will faint

you will faint

he/she/it will faint

we will faint

you will faint

they will faint

Future continuous

I will be fainting

you will be fainting

he/she/it will be fainting

we will be fainting

you will be fainting

they will be fainting

Future perfect

I will have fainted

you will have fainted

he/she/it will have fainted

we will have fainted

you will have fainted

they will have fainted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been fainting

you will have been fainting

he/she/it will have been fainting

we will have been fainting

you will have been fainting

they will have been fainting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would faint

you would faint

he/she/it would faint

we would faint

you would faint

they would faint

Conditional continuous

I would be fainting

you would be fainting

he/she/it would be fainting

we would be fainting

you would be fainting

they would be fainting

Conditional perfect

I would have faint

you would have faint

he/she/it would have faint

we would have faint

you would have faint

they would have faint

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been fainting

you would have been fainting

he/she/it would have been fainting

we would have been fainting

you would have been fainting

they would have been fainting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you faint
we let´s faint
you faint

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to faint

Past participle

fainted

Present Participle

fainting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «FAINT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «faint» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of faint

blackout · bleached · collapse · coma · delicate · dim · distant · dizzy · drooping · dull · enervated · exhausted · fade · faded · fail · faint-hearted · faltering · fatigued · feeble · flake out · giddy · go out · half-hearted · hazy · hushed · ill-defined · indefinite · indistinct · keel over · lame · languid · languish · lethargic · light · light-headed · lily-livered · low · muted · muzzy · pass out · remote · slender · slight · slim · soft · spiritless · subdued · swoon · syncope · thin · timid · timorous · unclear · unconsciousness · unconvincing · unenthusiastic · vague · vertiginous · weak · weaken · wobbly · woozy

TRANSLATION OF FAINT

Find out the translation of faint to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of faint from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «faint» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 微弱的
• Translator English - Spanish: débil
• English: faint
• Translator English - Hindi: बेहोश
• Translator English - Arabic: ضَعِيف
• Translator English - Russian: тусклый
• Translator English - Portuguese: débil
• Translator English - Bengali: ভীরু
• Translator English - French: faible
• Translator English - Malay: Pengsan
• Translator English - German: schwach
• Translator English - Japanese: かすかな
• Translator English - Korean: 희미한
• Translator English - Javanese: Kurang ajar
• Translator English - Vietnamese: yếu ớt
• Translator English - Tamil: மயக்கம்
• Translator English - Marathi: अस्वस्थ
• Translator English - Turkish: baygın
• Translator English - Italian: debole
• Translator English - Polish: słaby
• Translator English - Ukrainian: слабкий
• Translator English - Romanian: vag
• Translator English - Greek: εξασθενημένος
• Translator English - Afrikaans: moeg
• Translator English - Swedish: svag
• Translator English - Norwegian: svak

10 QUOTES WITH «FAINT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word faint.

1

William Blake

Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.

2

Nellie Bly

All the asylum clothing is made by the patients, but sewing does not employ one's mind. After several months' confinement the thoughts of the busy world grow faint, and all the poor prisoners can do is to sit and ponder over their hopeless fate.

3

Erma Bombeck

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

4

Grant Bowler

Making a movie with Lindsay Lohan is not for the faint of heart.

5

David Brainerd

A few of the sublimest geniuses of Rome and Athens had some faint discoveries of the spiritual nature of the human soul, and formed some probable conjectures, that man was designed for a future state of existence.

6

Carl von Clausewitz

Two qualities are indispensable: first, an intellect that, even in the darkest hour, retains some glimmerings of the inner light which leads to truth; and second, the courage to follow this faint light wherever it may lead.

7

Lynn Collins

I'm Irish and Cherokee Indian. I can't faint.

8

Michael Crichton

I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood.

9

Vincent D'Onofrio

The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.

10

Tess Gerritsen

The hunting of monsters is not for the faint of heart. Nor is it for those who feel bound by such trivial doctrines as law or national borders.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAINT»

Discover the use of faint in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to faint and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

A Faint Cold Fear

An apparent student suicide has brought medical examiner Sara Linton to the local college campus, along with her ex-husband, police chief Jeffrey Tolliver.

Karin Slaughter, 2009

Faint Praise: The Plight of Book Reviewing in America

This is the first book to analyze the field in depth, weighing the inherent difficulties of reviewing against the unacceptable practices that undermine the very reasons we read—and need—reviews.

Gail Pool, 2007

To Walk and Not Faint: A Month of Meditations on Isaiah 40

Completely revised more than fifteen years after its first printing, To Walk and Not Faint is Marva J. Dawn's popular first book.

Marva J. Dawn, 1997

Faint Praise and Civil Leer: The "decline" of ...

Rowland also explores how Swift moves from the unsatisfactory use of analogy in his panegyrical "Odes," to more satisfactory use of it in the Tale and then concentrates on the prefaces of the Tale as "Panegyrical paratext."

Jon Thomas Rowland, 1994

If You Faint Not

It is Reverend Camper's desire and prayer that it will be the first in a series to be called the "Seasons of Our Lives." This first book is written especially to encourage those who might be familiar with or going through a struggle.

Larry L. Camper, 2009

Faint Echoes, Distant Stars

Dr. Ben Bova explores some of the key players and the arguments waged in a debate of both scientific and cultural priorities, showing the emotions, the controversy, and the egos involved in arguably the most important scientific pursuit ...

Ben Bova, 2009

Faint harps and silver voices: selected translations

Christopher Middleton uses translation as part of his own poetic project. With this book, he offers poems from German, French, Swedish, Spanish, Arabic and Turkish, ranging as far back in time as the medieval age.

Christopher Middleton, 2000

Where the Trail Grows Faint: A Year in the Life of a Therapy ...

Where the Trail Grows Faint began with a journal kept while I was working on another manuscript. As residents and staff opened themselves to Hannah and me, neither they nor I were aware that their stories would eventually find their way into ...

Lynne Hugo, 2009

Faint Objects and How to Observe Them

Aimed at observers with 10-inch or larger telescopes, this guide to some of the most distant, dim, and rarely observed celestial objects is supported by background information on surveys and objects lists—some familiar, such as Caldwell, ...

Brian Cudnik, 2012

Not for the Faint-Hearted: Metropolitan Police Commissioner, ...

In this absorbing and controversial memoir, John Stevens records highlights of his meteoric career, from walking the beat as a constable on London's Tottenham Court Road during the 1960s to the summit of his profession as Commissioner of ...

John Stevens, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAINT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term faint is used in the context of the following news items.

Ignore the 'Faint Whiff of Panic;' Global Growth Is Accelerating

At Credit Suisse Group AG, economists are sanguine even as they detect a “faint whiff of panic” over China's stock-market rout and the ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»

This One-Of-A-Kind Cliffside Home Is Not For The Faint Of Heart …

At first sight, you'd think it was something out of a James Bond movie! Casa Brutale is the brainchild of Laertis Antonios Ando Vassiliou and ... «Elite Daily, Jul 15»

Filipino boy receives scholarship after photograph of him studying …

A homeless Filipino boy has been overwhelmed with aid after a photograph of him studying on the pavement using faint light from a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

Animal Planet's 'Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet' Is Not for the Faint of …

If this error is occurring repeatedly, we may be experiencing technical difficulties. We apologize for the inconvenience. Refresh Browser. «Yahoo News, Jul 15»

In (faint) praise of Major League Soccer

One of the functions of sport is to help us mark the seasons; the Super Bowl, Wimbledon, the World Series and so on and so on. Each event fills ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»

Women are editing photos of pregnancy tests to find 'positive' results

... but is just too faint to see with the naked eye at such an early stage. ... in the hopes that they will be able to see faint traces of a plus sign or ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

Big discoveries heralded by a faint breath of hydrogen from a distant …

... Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation used the radio telescope array to detect a very faint radio signal from galaxy PKS B1740-517, ... «CNET, Jul 15»

The doom, the gloom and the faint bright light diminishing...the …

For some Newcastle fans, going to St James Park is a tradition that they don't want to give up, for others maybe only chance to catch up with old ... «The Mag, Jul 15»

Faint Praise, Indeed, for Active Management

This month, Charley Ellis published "In Defense of Active Investing." The headline intrigues because Ellis is an indexing legend. In 1975, he ... «Morningstar.com, Jul 15»

"Cosmic Variance" --Are There Fewer Faint, Distant Galaxies in the …

The long view stirred theories of untold thousands of distant, faint galaxies. New research offers a theory that reduces the estimated number of ... «The Daily Galaxy, Jul 15»