faintness Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
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noun the property of being without strength
- the faintness or potency of the feeling
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noun barely audible
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noun the trait of lacking boldness and courage
faintheartedness.
- faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose
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noun the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
dimness.
WordNet
Faint"ness noun
Definitions
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The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control. -
Want of vigor or energy. Spenser. -
Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, .faintness of description -
Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection. I will send a faintness into their hearts. Lev. xxvi. 36.
