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swooner

swooner

9.1
A person who faints or becomes very excited from strong feelings
  • noun
  • /ˈswuːnər/
  • Archaic
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  • At the art exhibit, he became a swooner, unable to contain his admiration for the stunning paintings.

Examples

  • They're not fainters and swooners at Obama rallies.

    Blog text (23)

  • "I don't want any swooners, honey.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • At the concert, many young women were swooners, overwhelmed with excitement when the pop star appeared on stage.

  • The swooner in the audience fainted after seeing her favorite actor walk by.

Synonyms

swarmer
vsswooner
  • Archaic
9.5

A person who gives too much praise and attention to someone

tends to faint or become physically overwhelmed by strong emotion

Antonyms

stoic
20 7.0

Calm when in pain or under stress

How Overwhelmed

fainter
1 8.4
swooner
  • Archaic
9.1
smitten kitten
  • Informal
1 9.1

Surface Forms

swooner singular
swooners plural

Morphology

swooner = swoon (transparent) = swoon + er

A straightforward agentive formation: 'swoon' + '-er' yields 'one who swoons' (a person who faints or is overwhelmed).

Etymology

Swooner comes from the verb swoon, which means 'to faint' or 'be overcome by strong feeling'. So a swooner is someone who faints or who becomes extremely excited from admiration or strong emotion.