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Meaning of "faintness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FAINTNESS

faintness  [ˈfeɪntnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FAINTNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Faintness is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES FAINTNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Syncope (medicine)

Syncope, the medical term for fainting or passing out, is defined as a transient loss of consciousness and postural tone, characterized by rapid onset, short duration, and spontaneous recovery, due to global cerebral hypoperfusion that most often results from hypotension. This definition of syncope differs from others by including the cause of unconsciousness, i.e. transient global cerebral hypoperfusion. Without that addition, the definition of syncope would include disorders such as epileptic seizures, concussion or cerebrovascular accident. Syncope is distinguished from coma, which can include persistent states of unconsciousness. This confusion still occurs in some literature. Many forms of syncope are preceded by a prodromal state that often includes dizziness and loss of vision , loss of hearing, loss of pain and feeling, nausea and abdominal discomfort, weakness, sweating, a feeling of heat, palpitations and other phenomena, which, if they do not progress to loss of consciousness and postural tone are often denoted "presyncope".

Definition of faintness in the English dictionary

The definition of faintness in the dictionary is dizziness; weakness. Other definition of faintness is lack of strength, brightness, loudness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FAINTNESS


appropriateness
əˈprəʊprɪɪtnɪs
bluntness
ˈblʌntnɪs
brightness
ˈbraɪtnɪs
completeness
kəmˈpliːtnɪs
correctness
kəˈrɛktnɪs
eyewitness
ˈaɪˌwɪtnɪs
fitness
ˈfɪtnɪs
greatness
ˈɡreɪtnɪs
hotness
ˈhɒtnɪs
intentness
ɪnˈtɛntnɪs
lightness
ˈlaɪtnɪs
pleasantness
ˈplezntnɪs
quaintness
ˈkweɪntnɪs
recentness
ˈriːsntnɪs
robustness
rəʊˈbʌstnɪs
shortness
ˈʃɔːtnɪs
softness
ˈsɒftnɪs
tightness
ˈtaɪtnɪs
unpleasantness
ʌnˈplɛzəntnɪs
witness
ˈwɪtnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FAINTNESS

fain
faineance
faineancy
faineantise
fainites
fainly
fainness
fains
faint
faint-hearted
faint-ruled paper
fainter
faintheartedly
faintheartedness
fainting fit
faintish
faintly
faints
fainty
fair

WORDS THAT END LIKE FAINTNESS

adeptness
aptness
aquafitness
bear witness
business
compactness
deftness
expert witness
flatness
incorrectness
inertness
justness
physical fitness
political correctness
promptness
quietness
sweetness
tartness
unfitness
vastness
wetness

Synonyms and antonyms of faintness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FAINTNESS»

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

Translation of «faintness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FAINTNESS

Find out the translation of faintness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of faintness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «faintness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

模糊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desmayos
570 millions of speakers

English

faintness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्लानि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الضعف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обмороками
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desmaio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্জীবতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

malaise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengsan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schwäche
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

脱力
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

실신
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Faintness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

faintness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दबंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

zayıflık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

debolezza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

omdlenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

непритомністю
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

slăbiciune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

faintness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flouheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

matthet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

besvimelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of faintness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FAINTNESS»

The term «faintness» is normally little used and occupies the 120.681 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FAINTNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «faintness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «faintness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about faintness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FAINTNESS»

Discover the use of faintness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to faintness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Repertory of Hering's Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica
Faintness, abdomen: as if Something living were jumping about, [Croc.; movement in stomach and abdoinen, Calend. Sum., Uran. n., [IVer., Vespa, - Faintness, air: in open, IMosch.; worse in open, with drowsiness, nausea, pale complexion, ...
Constantine Hering, 1896
2
Unabridged Dictionary of Sensations as If
Graphites (H) Faintness Trembling. — Trembling of the limbs and obscuration of sight as if one would faint. Pulsatilla (H) Fainting Vertigo. — Vertigo as if one were fainting. Chamomilla (H) Fainting Vertigo. — Attack of vertigo, as if fainting, with ...
J. W. Ward, 2003
3
Unabridged Dictionary of the Sensations "as If".
Faintness Impending. — Feeling as if about to faint. Magnesia Carbonica (Hg) Faintness Inclination. — Shivering in back, with pressure on last rib on left side, with movements in region of stomach and abdomen, as if he would faint. Calendula ...
James William Ward, 1985
4
Complete Guide to Symptoms, Illness & Surgery
Avoid rising suddenly. • Faintness. • Breathing deeply, rapidly or sighing before faintness. Effect of stress. No underlying disorder. • See Panic Disorder. • See Anxiety Disorder, Generalized. • Consult doctor if happens repeatedly. * Faintness.
Henry Winter Griffith, 2006
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Judges
Note the causes of this faintness. (1) These may be observed in the circumstances of life: — in the length of the course ; the great difficulty being not to nerve ourselves for a few heroic actions, but to continue pressing on through the long hot ...
Arthur Charles Hervey, 1881
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The pulpit commentary, ed. by H.D.M. Spence and J.S. Exell. nT
Note the causes of this faintness. (1) These may be observed in the circumstances of life: — in the length of the course ; the great difficulty being not to nerve ourselves for a few heroic actions, but to continue pressing on through the long hot ...
Henry Donald M. Spence- Jones, 1881
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Kent's Comparative Repertory of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica
NUX VOMICA: Faints a long time aftcr ihe cructation. CARBO VEGETABILIS: Faints during the eructation. FAINTNESS, frequent: This does not mean losing consciousness frequently. That is mentioned on page 90. frequent spells of ...
‎2004
8
Annual Report (reprinted Papers) of the Investigations ...
Sudden paleness, rapid pulse, faintness which disappeared on keeping patient's head in lowered position for a few moments (Skillern). Psychic only (Mackenzie). None since waiting twenty minutes (Ridpath). Slight nausea, sweating, rarely ...
Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry (American Medical Association). Therapeutic Research Committee, 1919
9
Time Modalities
Faintness in epigastrium at 10 a.m. or 11a.m.; lymphatic venous constitution ; disposed to hemorrhoids, constipation or morning diarrhoea , scrofulous diseases seem to get almost well when the)' return ; diseases caused especially by ...
V. Polaraju, Vallem Polla Raju, 2003
10
Weakness & Its Cure
Ahmad Sayeed. * Weakness and fainting with dysmenorrhoea. (HR) -- Merc-per. * Weakness with nausea with fainting attacks. (HR) -- Lach. * Weakness so great that he faints on sitting up. (HR) -- Arn. Weakness, FAINTNESS: (HR) -- Ars., ...
Ahmad Sayeed, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FAINTNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term faintness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Anger management at a Chennai cinema
She professed faintness at first. “I am diabetic, you see,” she said. We were unmoved. Then, she upped the ante. She said that her husband ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
2
Science is about to learn a whole lot about how climate change …
But some researchers thought that despite the faintness of the signal, dense green areas ought to give off enough fluorescence to be usefully ... «ExtremeTech, Jul 15»
3
Mangaluru: KMC hospital to introduce rotablator, 3D mapping system
... increases to alarming rates, due to which the patient might have palpitations, faintness and in certain worse cases may result in cardiac arrest ... «Daijiworld.com, Jul 15»
4
Protecting Children From Heat Related Illnesses
Faintness, extreme tiredness, nausea, fever, or muscle spasms. Those are all signs that medical attention may be needed for a child. Copyright ... «Local Memphis, Jul 15»
5
Do 3D movies make us clumsy?
The researchers conclude that any dizziness or faintness the volunteers reported may simply have been because they expected to feel dizzy or ... «Science /AAAS, Jul 15»
6
Tour de France 2015, stage one - as it happened: Rohan Dennis …
Faintness and dizziness. Weakness and fatigue. Heart palpitations. Emotional hypersensitivity. Inability to cope with stress. Social anxiety. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
Musical Genius Adrian Younge Is An Analog Soul In a Digital World
I don't know man It just has a pallet faintness to it that is not resonating with me. That whole world doesn't exist to me. The culture exist to me, ... «HipHopDX, Jul 15»
8
Italy's killer hornets: what you need to know
If you have any kind of allergic reaction and experience breathing problems, a swollen tongue, dizziness , faintness, nausea or hives (the skin ... «The Local.it, Jul 15»
9
It's hot enough to hurt you
It is marked by faintness or dizziness, excessive sweating, nausea or vomiting, and muscle cramps. Heat exhaustion can progress to heat ... «Chico Enterprise-Record, Jun 15»
10
Is the sunshine making you ill? 6 signs you have heatstroke – and …
“Symptoms include headache, nausea, faintness, very hot skin, extreme weakness, heavy sweating, a rapid heartbeat, dizziness, confusion ... «BT.com, Jun 15»

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