Faint vs. Feint
Faintadjective
(of a being) Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to lose consciousness
Faintadjective
Lacking courage, spirit, or energy; cowardly; dejected
Faintadjective
Barely perceptible; not bright, or loud, or sharp
Faintadjective
Performed, done, or acted, weakly; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy
Faintadjective
Slight; minimal.
Faintnoun
The act of fainting, syncope.
Faintnoun
(rare) The state of one who has fainted; a swoon.
Faintverb
(intransitive) To lose consciousness through a lack of oxygen or nutrients to the brain, usually as a result of suddenly reduced blood flow (may be caused by emotional trauma, loss of blood or various medical conditions).
Faintverb
(intransitive) To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
Faintverb
(intransitive) To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
Faintadjective
Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
Faintadjective
Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."
Faintadjective
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
Faintadjective
Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
Faintnoun
The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.
Faintverb
To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; - sometimes with away. See Fainting, n.
Faintverb
To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
Faintverb
To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
Faintverb
To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
Faintnoun
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
Faintverb
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
Faintadjective
barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc;
Faintadjective
lacking clarity or distinctness;
Faintadjective
lacking strength or vigor;
Faintadjective
weak and likely to lose consciousness;
Faintadjective
indistinctly understood or felt or perceived;
Faintadjective
lacking conviction or boldness or courage;
Feintverb
To make a feint, or mock attack.
Feintadjective
(obsolete) Feigned; counterfeit.
Feintadjective
(of an attack) directed toward a different part from the intended strike
Feintnoun
A movement made to confuse the opponent; a dummy.
Feintnoun
That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense or stratagem.
Feintnoun
An offensive movement resembling an attack in all but its continuance
Feintnoun
The narrowest rule used in the production of lined writing paper (C19: Variant of FAINT)
Feintadjective
Feigned; counterfeit.
Feintnoun
That which is feigned; an assumed or false appearance; a pretense; a stratagem; a fetch.
Feintnoun
A mock blow or attack on one part when another part is intended to be struck; - said of certain movements in fencing, boxing, war, etc.
Feintverb
To make a feint, or mock attack.
Feintnoun
any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
Feintverb
deceive by a mock action;
Feint
Feint is a French term that entered English via the discipline of swordsmanship and fencing. Feints are maneuvers designed to distract or mislead, done by giving the impression that a certain maneuver will take place, while in fact another, or even none, will.
