swooning

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noun

A swoon or faint.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of swoon
nounswooning (plural swoonings)

plural swoonings

  1. A swoon or faint.

    People of weak nerves or delicate constitutions are liable to swoonings or fainting fits.

    2769, William Buchan, Domestic Medicine: or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveweak and likely to lose consciousness

Similar
faintlightlight-headedlightheadedillsick
Also see
faintlightlight-headed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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