noun. The state or condition of being faint; defect of strength; feebleness; deficiency of force, brightness, vividness, distinctness, or the like; want of vigor, energy, or heartiness; timorousness; dejection; irresolution.

noun. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.

noun. Want of vigor or energy.

noun. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness.

noun. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.

noun. The property of being or feeling faint.

noun. a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon

noun. the trait of lacking boldness and courage

noun. the property of being without strength

noun. barely audible

noun. the quality of being dim or lacking contrast

"When she asperged the warm water with cologne, -- it was her secret delight and greatest effort of economy to buy this cologne, -- she always had one little moment of what she called faintness -- that faintness which had veiled her eyes, and chained her hands, and stilled her throbbing bosom, when as a bride she came from the church with him."

blurriness  feeling  fogginess  fuzziness  indistinctness  

ache  breathlessness  debility  disorientation  dizziness  

dejection  faint-heartedness  lassitude  swoon  timorousness  

faint