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faintness

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As a noun, faintness means the property of being or feeling faint.

Meanings of faintness

5 meanings

noun

  1. The property of being or feeling faint.

  2. A feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoonfeeling

  3. Barely audible

  4. The trait of lacking boldness and courage

    “faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose”

    Similar: faintheartedness
  5. The quality of being dim or lacking contrast

    Similar: dimness

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

noun: the trait of lacking boldness and courage
faintheartedness
noun: the quality of being dim or lacking contrast

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