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say it: faynt
faint is an adjective, noun and verb meaning "deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc". It is pronounced /ˈfeɪnt/ — faynt. It carries 8 recorded senses.
deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc
“a faint outline”
“the wan sun cast faint shadows”
“the faint light of a distant candle”
“weak colors”
“a faint hissing sound”
“a faint aroma”
“a weak pulse”
lacking clarity or distinctness
“a dim figure in the distance”
“only a faint recollection”
“shadowy figures in the gloom”
“saw a vague outline of a building through the fog”
“a few wispy memories of childhood”
weak and likely to lose consciousness
“suddenly felt faint from the pain”
“was sick and faint from hunger”
“felt light in the head”
“a swooning fit”
“light-headed with wine”
“light-headed from lack of sleep”
indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
“a faint clue to the origin of the mystery”
“haven't the faintest idea”
lacking conviction or boldness or courage
“faint heart ne'er won fair lady”
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for faint come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.