- (superl.) Performed, done or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
- (superl.) Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright or loud or sharp or forcible; weak; as, a faint color or sound.
- (n.) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
- (n.) The act of fainting or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.
- (superl.) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger or thirst.
- (superl.) Wanting in courage, spirit or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.".
- (n.) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
- (v.i.) To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n.
- (v.t.) To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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