faintness
The property of being or feeling faintThe property of being or feeling faint.
» Her knees trembled, her heart fluttered, a horrible faintness came over her.
Ihr zitterten die Knie, ihr raste das Herz, eine schreckliche Schwäche kam über sie. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Examples
1 sentencesHer knees trembled, her heart fluttered, a horrible faintness came over her.
deIhr zitterten die Knie, ihr raste das Herz, eine schreckliche Schwäche kam über sie. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The property of being or feeling faint.
Schwäche, Mattigkeit, Mattheit
a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
Origin
From Middle English faintnesse, feintnesse, equivalent to faint + -ness.From Middle English faintnesse, feintnesse, equivalent to faint + -ness.
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Forms
plural: faintnesses| Singular | faintness |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- the trait of lacking boldness and courage:faintheartedness
- the quality of being dim or lacking contrast:dimness
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.