faint
148
2.7
- adjective
- /feɪnt/
:
débil
- Then in the room was a humming of strings, a faint and silvery jangle of sounds.
- very faint
- too faint
- a faint light
It's like this very faint, faint brown tone.
- It's like this very faint, faint brown tone.
- And left in its place is just the faint hue of a summer's morning.
- Now the Braille on the outside is so faint it's almost illegible.
- And so because we're looking for ludicrously faint things, right?
- It's a beautiful dress, she said in her faint, hoarse voice.
- It's just going to be some faint sound effects of zombies outside.
- You mean they smell a little bit like drugstore lipsticks, but very faint, nothing like L'Oreal.
- There was like a faint smell of eggs, quail eggs.
- You know, you're not just kind of hearing the faint sounds of of the train on the tracks.
- Anywhere you want on the face, hold it vertically and apply the faintest amount of highlighter.
Examples
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All of these sources of light contribute to a faint but appreciable sea of background light.
Academic text (1990) -
I think you can see the faint line where the sand trail began.
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Well that my friends is the faint sound of a human mind opening.
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It's like it's too faint, but it looks quite warm on the back.
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It's so faint, but it's so effective.
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Her light is growing faint.
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Soon to the northeast appeared the faint light of the early summer dawn.
Fiction book (1990) -
Anne is small, slight, and there is a faint line of perspiration above her upper lip.
Fiction book (1990) -
Her eyes were soft and dreamy, her smile shy; a faint blush lay across her cheekbones.
Fiction book (1990) -
With very good eyesight, you might see the faint glow of the Andromeda Galaxy.
Synonyms
594
1.2
Small in amount or degree
291
1.0
Has very light color and often looks sick or afraid
70
3.6
Looks unclear, so you cannot see details
69
1.0
Not strong in sound, light, or color
49
3.9
Not clear because of mist or when you cannot remember it well
25
3.9
Physically or mentally weak and low in energy
19
4.3
Not clear and hard to see or remember
7
4.2
Hard to see because it is very faint
1
7.0
A weak light that is not bright
Antonyms
Idioms
3
9.4
Give a weak compliment that sounds positive but actually criticizes someone
Compounds
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Etymology
Faint is related to the word feign and the Latin fingere, 'to pretend' or 'to make', and this idea of something being 'made small' helps you remember the second meaning. So, faint can mean very slight, weak, or barely noticeable.