Faintness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Faintness \Faint"ness\, n.
     1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of
        consciousness, and self-control.
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     2. Want of vigor or energy. --Spenser.


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     3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness;
        as, faintness of description.
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     4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.
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              I will send a faintness into their hearts. --Lev.
                                                    xxvi. 36.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  faintness
       n 1: barely audible
       2: the quality of being dim [syn: {dimness}]