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faint
Part of speech: VerbTo become feeble; lose consciousness; swoon; lose courage.
Part of speech: AdjectiveFeeble; languid; depressed; spiritless; not bright or vivid in color; not loud or clear.
Part of speech: NounA sudden loss of consciousness.
Usage examples "faint":- I fell down in a kind of faint, and when I came to I was in a hospital and I stayed there quite a little while. - "Two Boys and a Fortune", Matthew White, Jr..
- " Only a faint sound or two, comin' from behind. - "For the Liberty of Texas", Edward Stratemeyer.
- " It is," said a faint, bitter voice. - "Dora Thorne", Charlotte M. Braeme.