faint

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness

   “I felt faint after my fifth gin and tonic.”

2. sıfat Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.

   “Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.”

3. sıfat Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.

   “There was a faint red light in the distance.”

4. sıfat Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy.

   “faint efforts”

5. sıfat Slight; minimal.

   “a faint chance”

6. sıfat Sickly, so as to make a person feel faint.

   “Happening to pass a fruiterer’s on their way; the door of which was open, though the shop was by this time shut; one of them remarked how faint the peaches smelled.”

7. isim The act of fainting, syncope.

   “She suffered another faint.”

8. isim The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
9. fiil To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).

   “A fainting fit.”

10. fiil To lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

    “If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.”

11. fiil To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

    “November 12, 1711, Alexander Pope, letter to Henry Cromwell Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.”