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Keywords: Swoon, Feeble, Vigor, Hunger, Weak

Related Terms: Abulia, Blur, Brighten, Brightness, Cataplexy, Collapse, Craze, Dark, Dark, Dazzle, Dim , Disturb, Dull, Fade, Faint, Feeble, Flicker, Flush, Glare, Gloom, Gloomy, Glow, Intense, Intensive, Lighten, Luminous, Obnubilate, Obscure, Pale, Photopsia, Shadow , Shadow , Shadowy, Startle, Surprise, Syncope, Thrill, Tingle, Violent, Wan, Tenebrism, Intensity, Luminous Intensity, Underexposure, Highlight , Flat Lighting, Afterimage, Discomfort Glare, Disability Glare

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Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

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Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.

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Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.

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The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.

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Keywords: Consciousness, Insufficient, Brief, Temporary, Syncope

Related Terms: Abulia, Apoplexy, Concussion, Gangrene, Hemophilia, Hemorrhage, Hemorrhagic, Infarct, Infarction, Shock, Stasis, Stroke, Syncope, Bleeding, Avascular Necrosis, Hemorrhagic Stroke, Seizure, Transient Ischemic Attack, Tia , Hematoma, Intraventricular Hemorrhage, Vasospasm, Ischemic Stroke, Brain Death, Haematoma, Haemorrhage, Ischaemia, Cerebrovascular Accident, Epidural Hematoma, Subdural Hematoma, Hyperemia, Cerebral Thrombosis, Unconsciousness, Poor Cerebral Circulation, Cerebrovascular Disease, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Hemophilia A, Hemophiliac, Cerebral Vascular Accident, Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Haemophilia, Intracranial Hemorrhage, Transient Ischaemic Attack, Cva, Bleeding Disorder, Vascular Dementia, Cerebrovascular, Stroke Occurs When There, Atonic Seizure

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Temporary loss of consciousness because of an insufficient blood supply to the brain.

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

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a brief loss of consciousness caused by a temporary reduction of blood flow to the head

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a temporary loss of consciousness because of decreased blood circulation to the brain (which can have many causes)

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Keywords: Courage, Ne'er, Dejected, Lady, Won

Related Terms: Absent, Alarm, Blast, Blue, Curious, Demoralize, Destitute, Dim , Dismay, Disorient, Faint, Famish, Fearful, Feeble, Flush, Gloomy, Insufficiency, Intense, Lack, Languish, Malevolent, Melancholy, Palpitation, Pusillanimous, Rabble, Scare, Shadowy, Shock, Spiritless, Starve, Surprise, Syncope, Thrill, Timid, Violent, Want, Weak, Tia , Cardiac Arrest, Palpitations, Hemophiliac, Faint, Unstable Angina, Endogenous Depression, Anxiety Attack, Broken Heart, Extinction Burst, Heart Attack, Hero

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Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."

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To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

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To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.

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lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"

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