faintingn.

/ˈfeɪntɪŋ/

Etymology: < faint v. + -ing suffix¹.

The action of faint v.

1. A growing feeble or faint-hearted; depression, discouragement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakening or decline in health

failinga1382

sickeninga1382

wasting1398

downhielda1400

dissolutionc1400

debilitationa1492

defailing1502

effeeblishing1540

faintingc1540

effeeblishment1545

enervationa1575

feeblishing1574

declining1588

decay1609

flagging1611

labefaction1620

feebling1624

sinking1625

deading1645

dejection1652

fail1654

emperiment1674

decline1770

sapping1825

breakdown1858

attenuation1868

the mind > emotion > fear > dismay > [noun]

dismaying13..

discomfortc1405

discourage1434

discouraging1436

discomforting1437

qualm?1531

faintingc1540

quailing1542

discouragement1548

dismayedness1571

dismay1590

disencouragement1598

dismayment1600

exanimation1604

disheartenednessa1680

astonishing1820

disheartenment1876

the mind > emotion > fear > dismay > [noun] > becoming dismayed or discouraged

faintingc1540

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [noun] > growing faint-hearted

faintingc1540

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13936 With fainttyng & feblenes he fell to þe ground.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 45 Almost at fainting vnder The pleasing punishment that women beare.

1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 2 In my faintings I presume your love Will more complie, then help.

a. Swooning.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > becoming

swooningc1290

languishingc1384

droopingc1400

fainting1601

flagging1611

sinking1625

jading1641

collapsing1855

crocking1928

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > fainting or swooning

swimeOE

swowingc1000

swooningc1290

swoonc1330

soundingc1380

swelteringc1440

sweltingc1460

swalming1487

swounding1570

syncopization1598

fainting1601

lipothymy1603

defection1615

dereliction1647

swebbing1668

swound1880

greyout1942

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. v. 18 This root..[elecampane] thus confected is singular good for faintings.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 25 Fetch something, and give it Mercie..to stay her fainting .

1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. i. 40 Hence Faintings and Stupors.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxix. 266 I meant to stop your fainting.

b. attributive in fainting fit, a swoon.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > fainting or swooning > a faint or swoon

swimeOE

swooningc1290

swowa1325

swooningc1330

swoon1390

soundc1400

trancec1405

sweamc1415

swoundc1440

sweltingc1460

swarf1488

dwalm?a1513

sounding ecstasy?1565

sounding1580

pasme1591

death1596

lipothymy1603

deliquium1620

delique1645

fainting fit1714

drow1727

faint-fit1795

faint1808

blacking out1930

blackout1934

greyout1942

pass-out1946

1714 J. Purcell Treat. Cholick 97 Fainting Fits, or a Syncope..will..ensue.

1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 63 Catharine..was..recovered from her fainting fit.

1855 A. P. Stanley Hist. Memorials Canterbury (1857) iii. 128 Often he fell into long fainting fits, which his attendants mistook for death.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

faintingadj.

/ˈfeɪntɪŋ/

Etymology: < faint v. + -ing suffix².

That faints, in senses of the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > feeble or faint

swownc1000

faintc1320

languishinga1325

faltering1549

drooping1553

fainting1558

languished1577

swooning1646

weaka1707

languescent1837

1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. 361 The feble mone doth giue sometime a faynting light.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 76 The Senate, whom I perceived in manner fainting and wearie.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 40 That I may kindly giue one fainting Kisse.

1708 Edm. Smith To Mem. of J. Philips in Anderson B.P. VI. 618 The fainting Dutch remotely fire.

1771 E. Griffith tr. ‘P. Viaud’ Shipwreck 201 Yes, O Yes! she replied in an almost fainting tone.

1771 Hist. Sir W. Harrington (1797) IV. 162 We had such trembling and almost fainting doings.

1818 P. B. Shelley Let. 10 July (1964) II. 20 Translating into my fainting & inefficient periods the divine eloquence of Plato's Symposium.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 239 His eloquence roused the fainting courage of his brethren.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	fainting
释义	faintingn. /ˈfeɪntɪŋ/ Etymology: < faint v. + -ing suffix¹. The action of faint v. 1. A growing feeble or faint-hearted; depression, discouragement. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakening or decline in health failinga1382 sickeninga1382 wasting1398 downhielda1400 dissolutionc1400 debilitationa1492 defailing1502 effeeblishing1540 faintingc1540 effeeblishment1545 enervationa1575 feeblishing1574 declining1588 decay1609 flagging1611 labefaction1620 feebling1624 sinking1625 deading1645 dejection1652 fail1654 emperiment1674 decline1770 sapping1825 breakdown1858 attenuation1868 the mind > emotion > fear > dismay > [noun] dismaying13.. discomfortc1405 discourage1434 discouraging1436 discomforting1437 qualm?1531 faintingc1540 quailing1542 discouragement1548 dismayedness1571 dismay1590 disencouragement1598 dismayment1600 exanimation1604 disheartenednessa1680 astonishing1820 disheartenment1876 the mind > emotion > fear > dismay > [noun] > becoming dismayed or discouraged faintingc1540 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [noun] > growing faint-hearted faintingc1540 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 13936 With fainttyng & feblenes he fell to þe ground. a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) i. i. 45 Almost at fainting vnder The pleasing punishment that women beare. View more context for this quotation 1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 2 In my faintings I presume your love Will more complie, then help. 2. a. Swooning. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > becoming swooningc1290 languishingc1384 droopingc1400 fainting1601 flagging1611 sinking1625 jading1641 collapsing1855 crocking1928 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > fainting or swooning swimeOE swowingc1000 swooningc1290 swoonc1330 soundingc1380 swelteringc1440 sweltingc1460 swalming1487 swounding1570 syncopization1598 fainting1601 lipothymy1603 defection1615 dereliction1647 swebbing1668 swound1880 greyout1942 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xix. v. 18 This root..[elecampane] thus confected is singular good for faintings. 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 25 Fetch something, and give it Mercie..to stay her fainting . View more context for this quotation 1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. i. 40 Hence Faintings and Stupors. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxix. 266 I meant to stop your fainting. b. attributive in fainting fit, a swoon. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [noun] > fainting or swooning > a faint or swoon swimeOE swooningc1290 swowa1325 swooningc1330 swoon1390 soundc1400 trancec1405 sweamc1415 swoundc1440 sweltingc1460 swarf1488 dwalm?a1513 sounding ecstasy?1565 sounding1580 pasme1591 death1596 lipothymy1603 deliquium1620 delique1645 fainting fit1714 drow1727 faint-fit1795 faint1808 blacking out1930 blackout1934 greyout1942 pass-out1946 1714 J. Purcell Treat. Cholick 97 Fainting Fits, or a Syncope..will..ensue. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 63 Catharine..was..recovered from her fainting fit. 1855 A. P. Stanley Hist. Memorials Canterbury (1857) iii. 128 Often he fell into long fainting fits, which his attendants mistook for death. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2020). faintingadj. /ˈfeɪntɪŋ/ Etymology: < faint v. + -ing suffix². That faints, in senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > feeble or faint swownc1000 faintc1320 languishinga1325 faltering1549 drooping1553 fainting1558 languished1577 swooning1646 weaka1707 languescent1837 1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos vi. 361 The feble mone doth giue sometime a faynting light. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 76 The Senate, whom I perceived in manner fainting and wearie. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) ii. v. 40 That I may kindly giue one fainting Kisse. View more context for this quotation 1708 Edm. Smith To Mem. of J. Philips in Anderson B.P. VI. 618 The fainting Dutch remotely fire. 1771 E. Griffith tr. ‘P. Viaud’ Shipwreck 201 Yes, O Yes! she replied in an almost fainting tone. 1771 Hist. Sir W. Harrington (1797) IV. 162 We had such trembling and almost fainting doings. 1818 P. B. Shelley Let. 10 July (1964) II. 20 Translating into my fainting & inefficient periods the divine eloquence of Plato's Symposium. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. 239 His eloquence roused the fainting courage of his brethren. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.c1540adj.1558
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