faintness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: faintness	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
faintness n a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon the property of being without strength; "the faintness or potency of the feeling" barely audible the trait of lacking boldness and courage; "faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose" Synonym(s): faintheartedness, faintness Antonym(s): stoutheartedness the quality of being dim or lacking contrast Synonym(s): dimness, faintness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Faintness \Faint"ness\, n. 1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control. 2. Want of vigor or energy. --Spenser. 3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description. 4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection. I will send a faintness into their hearts. --Lev. xxvi. 36.