faintness
1. a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
• Derivationally related forms:
faint
• Hypernyms:
feeling
2. the property of being without strength
- the faintness or potency of the feeling
• Derivationally related forms:
faint
• Hypernyms:
weakness
3. barely audible
• Derivationally related forms:
faint
• Hypernyms:
softness
4. the trait of lacking boldness and courage
- faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose
• Syn:
faintheartedness
• Ant:
stoutheartedness (for: faintheartedness)
• Derivationally related forms:
faint, fainthearted (for: faintheartedness)
• Hypernyms:
timidity, timorousness
5. the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
• Syn:
dimness
• Derivationally related forms:
faint, dim (for: dimness)
• Hypernyms:
indistinctness, softness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness
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