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| Back | faint adjective, verb, noun BrE /feɪnt/ NAmE /feɪnt/ adjective word origin thesaurus example bank (faint•er, faint•est) 1 that cannot be clearly seen, heard or smelt a faint glow/glimmer/light a faint smell of perfume We saw the faint outline of the mountain through the mist. We could hear their voices growing fainter as they walked down the road. His breathing became faint. 2 very small; possible but unlikely slight There is still a faint hope that she may be cured. They don't have the faintest chance of winning. 3 not enthusiastic a faint show of resistance a faint smile 4 [not before noun] feeling weak and tired and likely to become unconscious She suddenly felt faint. The walkers were faint from hunger. faint•ly /BrE feɪntli; NAmE feɪntli/ adverb She smiled faintly. He looked faintly embarrassed. not have the ˈfaintest (idea) (informal) to not know anything at all about sth I didn't have the faintest idea what you meant. He didn't have the faintest idea how the others would react. more at damn sb/sth with faint praise at damn v. verb verb forms word origin thesaurus example bank [intransitive] to become unconscious when not enough blood is going to your brain, usually because of the heat, a shock, etc. pass out to faint from hunger Suddenly the woman in front of me fainted. I'm nearly fainting with the heat in here. (informal) I almost fainted (= I was very surprised) when she told me. noun word origin [singular] the state of becoming unconscious He fell to the ground in a dead faint. |
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