What does fainty mean?
Fainty means (now dialectal) feeble; languid; inclined to faint.
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/ˈfeɪnti/ · adjective
(now dialectal) feeble; languid; inclined to faint.
When I was young the sight of blood made me go fainty, but I laugh at it now.
'Tis enough to make you feel fainty.
I'm sick an' fainty wi' this gert turn o' the wheel.
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Fainty means (now dialectal) feeble; languid; inclined to faint.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When I was young the sight of blood made me go fainty, but I laugh at it now.
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