Definitions for faints

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faints faints

Spelling: [feynts]

IPA: /feɪnts/

Faints is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 124 anagrams from letters in faints (afinst).

Definitions for faints

noun

1. the impure spirit produced in the first and last stages of the distillation of whiskey.
2. a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon:

adjective

1. lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.:
2. feeble or slight:
3. feeling weak, dizzy, or exhausted; about to lose consciousness:
4. lacking courage; cowardly; timorous:
5. Law. unfounded:

verb (used without object)

1. to lose consciousness temporarily.
2. to lose brightness.
3. Archaic. to grow weak; lose spirit or courage.

Origin of faints

1735-45; noun use (in plural) of faint (adj.)

Examples for faints

Then, slowly sinking across the heaped-up cushions, she faints.

Danny suddenly gets visions of bloody elevators and faints, and is looked over by a doctor.

When he faints, the emblem is seized by another, who continues on the route.

A légionnaire who faints on the march is tied to the baggage-cart.

When the emotion is in full flood, the animal fights, flees, or faints.

When he succeeds in doing this she faints away, but has to submit to her doom.

My dear Hiram,” cried Mrs. Otis, “what can we do with a woman who faints?

If a man's pain exceeds a certain amount, he faints, and so gets relief.

In one of his faints, Robert undressed him and got him into bed.

When he faints or falls on the ground, he is raised up and urged to move on.