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Meanings of faintness in English

The trait of lacking boldness and courage.

The quality of being dim or lacking contrast.

Usage of faintness in English
1
Dizziness, trembling, faintness; trembling, faintness, dizziness; the symptoms alternated day by day.
Charlotte's Inheritance
2
In that moment of faintness all my life flashed through my mind.
The Golden House
3
The faintness of terror was passing away, and she spoke almost calmly.
Charlotte's Inheritance
4
The first sensation that I experienced was a deadly sickness and faintness.
Desk and Debit; or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk
5
Her whole body was shaking; she closed her eyes, overcome with faintness.
The Everlasting Whisper
6
On the 5th he was suddenly seized with faintness and cold sweatings.
An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses / With P...
7
Their sides fit together with only a faintness of the seam visible.
Patient Zero
8
Ellerey had supposed him farther off by the faintness of his voice.
Princess Maritza
9
The sudden faintness that followed made him less capable of defending himself.
Lo, Michael!
10
It was but a passing faintness, I will soon get ever it.
The Duke's Prize; a Story of Art and Heart in Florence
11
First the lights would blacken, then they'd rise to a uniform faintness.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
12
Mite wanted to give him some food, eggs: it might be faintness.
The Path of Life
13
There is nothing of the faintness, lassitude, and fearful apprehensions before described.
An Essay on the Influence of Tobacco upon Life and Health
14
A dread and faintness fell upon me, and I called to Charley.
Bleak House
15
Where was the weakness, the feebleness, the faintness of the wounded girl?
A Heroine of France: The Story of Joan of Arc
16
There was a faintness of tone which Rose could not help remarking.
After the Storm
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Faintness through the time
Faintness across language varieties
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