Faint /(fānt)/

1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, “Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.”
3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
4. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.

   The faint prosecution of the war.

1. The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n. [R.]

   The saint, Who propped the Virgin in her faint.

imp. & p. p. Fainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fainting

1. To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n.

   Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away.

   If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by the way.

2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

   If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

   Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.

1. To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. [Obs.]

   It faints me to think what follows.