faint

Adjective

• lacking conviction or boldness or courage
  • faint heart ne'er won fair lady
    

• indistinctly understood or felt or perceived
  • a faint clue to the origin of the mystery
    
  • haven't the faintest idea
    

• 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
    

• lacking strength or vigor
  • damning with faint praise
    
  • faint resistance
    
  • feeble efforts
    
  • a feeble voice
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

Noun

• a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

Verb

• pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  fainthearted , timid , faint-hearted , light , swooning , light-headed , lightheaded , feeble , dim , shadowy , vague , wispy , weak , swoon , syncope , deliquium , conk , pass out