verb · transitive · rare

swoon

swoon · swoons · swooned · swooning

втрачати свідомість, непритомніти, мліти

потерять сознание, терять сознание, падать в обморок, упасть в обморок

schwärmen, in Verzückung geraten

To faint, to lose consciousnessTo faint, to lose consciousness.

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/swuːn/

» I don’t want a nurse who swoons at the sight of blood.

Ich will keine Krankenschwester, die beim Anblick von Blut ohnmächtig wird.

Я не хочу медсестру, которая падает в обморок от вида крови.

Meaning

4 senses

(literally)To faint, to lose consciousness.
"I swoon," quoth he.
па́дать в о́бморокpádatʹ v óbmorok, упа́сть в о́бморокupástʹ v óbmorok, теря́ть созна́ниеterjátʹ soznánije
непритомнітиneprytomnity, млітиmlity, втрачати свідомістьvtračaty svidomistʹ
(broadly)To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
schwärmen, in Verzückung geraten
млітиmlity, непритомнітиneprytomnity
(transitive)To overwhelm with emotion, especially infatuation.
To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.
The girls swooned at the picture of their favorite actor.

More definitions

pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

Examples

4 sentences

I don’t want a nurse who swoons at the sight of blood.
ruЯ не хочу медсестру, которая падает в обморок от вида крови.
deIch will keine Krankenschwester, die beim Anblick von Blut ohnmächtig wird.
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Christina swooned when Jack winked at her.
deChristina wurde ohnmächtig, als Hans ihr zuzwinkerte.
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Every time Tom walks by Human Resources, the women swoon.
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It was on this ominous spot that Lucy Ashton first drew breath after her long and almost deadly swoon.
deAn diesem unheilvollen Ort machte Lucy Ashton den ersten Atemzug nach ihrer langen und nahezu tödlichen Ohnmacht.
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Translations

4 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to faint — see also faint:

Русский

By meaning 1

to faint — see also faint:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to be overwhelmed by emotion:

Origin

From Middle English swounen, swonen (“to faint”), and aswoune (“in a swoon”), both ultimat

From Middle English swounen, swonen (“to faint”), and aswoune (“in a swoon”), both ultimately from Old English ġeswōgen (“insensible, senseless, dead”), past participle of swōgan (“to make a sound, overrun, suffocate”) (compare Old English āswōgan (“to cover over, overcome”)), from Proto-West Germanic *swōgan, from Proto-Germanic *swōganą (“to make a noise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-.

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