faintness

Examples

• All

• Many nulliparous women experience cramping period pains associated with feelings of faintness, nausea, and actual fainting.

  Academic text (2012)

• "Put your head between your knees, lass," he instructed, pushing on the back of my neck, "'til the faintness passes off." "I know what to do," I said irritably, doing it nonetheless.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Just thinking about them now and remembering added to her sudden feeling of faintness.

  Fiction book (1995)

• A wave of faintness and nausea broke over him.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The 24th was a night filled with "Fever, faintness, and frequent waking."

  Academic text (1994)

• "He paused, checking me for signs of faintness or nausea, I supposed.

  Fiction book (1991)

• He felt faint for a moment, or something that resembled faintness.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Ringing in the ears, light-headedness, dizziness, or faintness.

  Academic text (1991)

• There was a swirl outside the window, rain tossed by the wind; without noticing, I saw it, and my brain swung with the rain until it heaved in circles, and then a feeling of faintness awakened me to myself.

  Fiction book (2000)

• After skipping breakfast, she felt a sudden wave of faintness and had to sit down.

Synonyms

D

dizziness

vsfaintness

57 2.9

A feeling of being unsteady or about to fall, often with a spinning feeling

adds a sense of physical weakness and a higher chance of fainting

H

headedness

vsfaintness

3 7.8

A feeling of dizziness and unsteadiness that can make you faint

is a bodily weakness with dizziness that commonly leads to collapse

L

lightheadedness

vsfaintness

1 5.6

A feeling of dizziness and faintness as if you might lose your balance

is a weak, dizzy state often implying near loss of consciousness

W

wooziness

vsfaintness

1 5.4

A feeling of being dizzy, lightheaded and slightly confused

usually indicates more physical weakness and a greater likelihood of fainting

S

swound

vsfaintness

• Archaic

1 9.9

A short time when someone faints

is the preceding weak, dizzy state rather than a complete loss of consciousness

P

punchiness

vsfaintness

7.7

A feeling of being slightly dazed and unsteady after shock, illness, or no sleep

is more centrally about physical weakness and risk of losing consciousness

Antonyms

S

strength

∞ 1.2

Physical or mental power a person has to act

V

vitality

16 4.6

Ability of a living thing to survive and grow

How Severe

unconsciousness

13 6.0

faintness

1 4.9

dizziness

57 2.9

lightheadedness

1 5.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology