faintnessnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfeɪnt.nəs/us/ˈfeɪnt.nəs/faintness noun [ U ] (NOT CLEAR)
the quality of not being strong or clear:
The faintness of the handwriting made the manuscript difficult to read.
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Weakness and vulnerability
- Achilles heel
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- ebb
- faint
- impotent
- indefensible
- lax
- limp
- malleable
- susceptibility
- susceptible
- toothless
- totter
- underbelly
- unprotected
- unsteady
- wraith
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faintness noun [ U ] (WEAK FEELING)
the feeling that you are about to become unconscious:
Faintness and morning sickness can be signs that you are pregnant.
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Losing consciousness
- black out
- blackout
- collapse
- coma
- concuss
- concussed
- concussion
- conk out
- go out like a light idiom
- insensible
- knock
- knock sb out
- oblivion
- out
- pass
- see
- see stars idiom
- senseless
- swoon
- syncope
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