Synonym: black out, dim, hazy, indistinct, keel over, pale, swoon, vague, weak, weaken. Antonym: intense, loud, strong. Similar words: maintain, ain't, painter, in the main, complaint, paintwork, plaintiff, constraint. Meaning: [feɪnt] n. a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain. v. pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain. adj. 1. deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc 2. lacking clarity or distinctness 3. lacking strength or vigor 4. weak and likely to lose consciousness 5. indistinctly understood or felt or perceived 6. lacking conviction or boldness or courage.
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271. Benjamin heard the faint crackling in the undergrowth but took one look at me and gave up any idea of pursuit.
272. There was the faint echo of voices rolling up to the highest balcony seats.
273. Hannah nodded her head again, a faint smile creeping across her face.
274. The other sound was more disturbing still-a faint yet piercing scream, or howl.
275. As we rounded the lake's southern edge and moved up to the eastern shore, a faint tinkle filled the air.
276. The exalted status of peers such as the Duke of Norfolk is a faint echo of this power in the land.
277. During grammar school, I faint every time we have an air raid drill.
278. Finally we heard a faint sound in the distance and scrambled into the woods.
279. But that possibility is faint, and the prospects of another large employer ever using the site are even more remote.Sentencedict.com
280. I thought about letting it ring, but there was a faint hope that it might be Sally.
281. A faint smell of cabbage wafts from the flat next door.
282. You would be so shocked and so disgusted that whatever faint chance of your return is left would disappear forever.
283. When the first faint glow of dawn crept into the cave, Moon-Watcher saw that his father had died in the night.
284. She found the make-up room and went in, a faint smile playing about her lips as she looked round.
285. There were faint etchings in the gold, but she couldn't make them out.
286. Marlowe detected a faint smell of perfume as he entered the room.