Meaning of 'faint'

adjective

lacking conviction or boldness or courage

Example: "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"

Synonyms: timid

adjective

lacking clarity or distinctness

Synonyms: shadowy dim vague wispy

adjective

indistinctly understood or felt or perceived

Example: "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"

adjective

deficient in magnitude

Synonyms: weak

adjective

lacking strength or vigor

Example: "damning with faint praise"

Synonyms: adynamic asthenic feeble debilitated enervated

adjective

weak and likely to lose consciousness

Example: "suddenly felt faint from the pain"

Synonyms: light

noun

a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

Synonyms: syncope swoon deliquium

verb

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

Synonyms: conk swoon pass out