faint

adjective
/feɪnt/

Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness

Example

“I felt faint after my fifth gin and tonic.”

Other meanings

Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected.
Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp.
“There was a faint red light in the distance.”

Synonyms

weak

Example sentences

“The lights emit a faint buzzing sound.”
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“There's a faint rainbow over there to the right.”
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Word history

From Latin "fingo".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “faint” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.