FAINTNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does faintness mean?
• FAINTNESS (noun)
The noun FAINTNESS has 5 senses:
1. a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
2. the property of being without strength
3. barely audible
4. the trait of lacking boldness and courage
5. the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
Familiarity information: FAINTNESS used as a noun is common.
Dictionary entry details
• FAINTNESS (noun)
Meaning:
A feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("faintness" is a kind of...):
feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)
Meaning:
The property of being without strength
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the faintness or potency of the feeling
Hypernyms ("faintness" is a kind of...):
weakness (the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain)
Meaning:
Barely audible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("faintness" is a kind of...):
softness (a sound property that is free from loudness or stridency)
Meaning:
The trait of lacking boldness and courage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
faintheartedness; faintness
Context example:
faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose
Hypernyms ("faintness" is a kind of...):
timidity; timorousness (fearfulness in venturing into new and unknown places or activities)
Meaning:
The quality of being dim or lacking contrast
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
dimness; faintness
Hypernyms ("faintness" is a kind of...):
blurriness; fogginess; fuzziness; indistinctness; softness (the quality of being indistinct and without sharp outlines)
