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swoony

swoony

1 8.0
Feeling faint and dreamy because of strong feelings of love
  • adjective
  • /ˈswuːni/
  • Informal
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  • Her swoony expressions whenever he entered the room were undeniable, showing just how enchanted she was.

But if you aren't used to ever being helped, you may often find yourself becoming very fawny and even swoony in your gratitude.

Examples

  • But if you aren't used to ever being helped, you may often find yourself becoming very fawny and even swoony in your gratitude.

  • But we're often as swoony as around smart people as we are when we're around really attractive people or really rich ones.

  • Oh, stop being so swoony!

  • Makes me all swoony.

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  • Because, like every other woman on the planet, I am harboring a dozen swoony unrequited crushes that are deep in the soft parts of what's left of my heart.

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  • After watching the romantic movie, I felt quite swoony and dreamy, lost in thoughts of love.

  • Listening to his sweet serenade made me feel swoony and light-headed, as if I were floating on air.

Synonyms

faint
vsswoony
38 2.7

Feeling weak and about to lose consciousness

is the same state but tied to romantic emotion and fanciful thoughts
woozy
vsswoony
29 5.7

Feeling dizzy and unsteady, as if you might faint

is similar but links dizziness to romantic feeling rather than medical cause
dreamy
vsswoony
22 3.4

Feels soft, gentle and romantic, like a dream

adds actual light-headed dizziness and physical weakness to that romantic mood
smitten
vsswoony
20 5.8

Very strongly attracted to someone or something

is more about weak light-headed feelings and romantic daze caused by that emotion
fluttery
vsswoony
2 4.9

Feeling nervous and excited with a quick, shaky feeling in the body

is more about romantic light-headedness rather than anxious shakiness
moony
vsswoony
  • Informal
1 7.3

Looking dreamy and lost in thought, not paying attention

combines that distracted mood with light-headed dizziness and weakness
twirly
vsswoony
1 7.7

Feeling dizzy after spinning or excitement

is like that but usually from romantic emotion rather than physical spinning
swooning
vsswoony
6.8

Feeling very weak and about to faint

is the romantic light-headed feeling caused by strong emotion
moonish
vsswoony
  • Archaic
9.3

Being dreamy and often lost in romantic thoughts

brings a light-headed near unconscious physical feeling to that fanciful mood

Antonyms

1 4.9

Able to think clearly and make good decisions

4.2

Being calm and sensible with a realistic view of life

How Smitten

besotted
1 7.2
enamored
  • US
5 6.8
swoony
  • Informal
1 8.0
interested
1.0
uninterested
20 3.5

Surface Forms

swoony positive
swoonier comparative
swooniest superlative

Morphology

swoony = swoon (transparent) = swoon + y

Formed by adding the adjectival suffix '-y' to 'swoon', producing an adjective meaning 'characterized by or prone to swooning', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Swoony comes from the verb swoon ('to faint' or 'be overwhelmed') plus the ending -y ('full of'). So swoony describes feeling dreamy or light-headed from strong emotion or romance, like being 'swept off your feet'.