fainted

faint-ed · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense of "faint": lost consciousness temporarily.

  2. 2.

    Became weak or dizzy to the point of losing consciousness.

Related words

Antonyms: recovered, revived
See also: collapsed, faint, fainting, passed_out
Synonyms: collapsed, passed_out, swooned

Etymology

From Old French feint meaning "feigned, false, weak," past participle of feindre meaning "to feign, pretend," from Latin fingere meaning "to shape, form, devise."