swooning : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: swooning	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for swooning
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
swooning adj weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep" Synonym(s): faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swoon \Swoon\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swooning}.] [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swo[?]nien, fr. swo[?]en to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. sw[d3]gan to sough, sigh; cf. gesw[d3]gen senseless, swooned, gesw[d3]wung a swooning. Cf. {Sough}.] To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away. The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. --Lam. ii. 11. The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain. --Dryden. He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy. --Tatler.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Swooning \Swoon"ing\, a. & n. from {Swoon}, v. -- {Swoon"ing*ly}, adv.