Found 2 items, similar to faintness.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: faintness
faintness
n 1: barely audible
2: the quality of being dim [syn:
dimness]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Faintness
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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