Collocations for "faint"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "faint" in context.
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faint
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- am feeling faint
- am starting to feel faint
- am faint with [hunger, joy, love]
- the sun is making me feel faint
- the memory is becoming faint
- faint and [weary, feeble, weak]
- a faint [recollection, memory, impression] of
- have faint hopes of [winning, reaching, getting]
- have only a faint [hope, chance] of [succeeding, success]
- were given faint [encouragement, support, praise]
- [spoke, read] in a faint voice
- hear a faint [buzzing, noise, sound]
- was faint in the distance
- appeared faint in the [fog, distance]
- a faint [light, star, glow]
- gave him a faint [smile, nod]
- the faint [outline, imprint, trace] of
- a faint [blue] (color)
- is not for the faint-hearted
- not for the faint of heart
- UK: faint heart never won fair lady
- a [sudden, dead] faint
- hit the [ground, floor] in a [sudden] faint
- collapsed in a [sudden] faint
- is [prone, apt] to (sudden) faints
- the faint was brought on by [stress, extreme heat, panic]
- [stress] caused the faint
- faint at the sight of [blood, needles]
- fainted from [exhaustion, blood loss, hunger, fright]
- he fainted [dead, clean, right] away
- fainted in [public, class]
- (almost) fainted while standing
- fainted after giving blood
'faint' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):