Swoon

/swuːn/ · noun

Meaning

A faint..

Definitions by Sense

1. A faint.
2. An infatuation.
3. (literally) To faint, to lose consciousness.
4. (by extension) To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
5. (transitive) To overwhelm with emotion, especially infatuation.
6. To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.

Example Sentences

She dandled it, and dancet it up and doune, / Not ceasing till she rais'd it from his swoune.

"I felt my strength fading away, and I was in a half swoon. How long this horrible thing lasted I know not, but it seemed that a long time must have passed before he took his foul, awful, sneering mouth away. I saw it drip with the fresh blood!"

As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon.

I threw myself down on the island ground, like a dead man, and drowned in desolation swooned away, nor did I return to my senses till next morning, when the sun rose and revived me.

I dropped the vessel quickly to a lower level. Nor was I a moment too soon. The girl had swooned.

He's got more than just mad skill / He's got a beaver tail and a bill. / And the women swoon whenever they hear him say…

That plush mustache of yours has completely swooned me!

The girls swooned at the picture of their favorite actor.

Synonyms for swoon

Antonyms for swoon

Related Words

Word Forms

• swoons
• swound
• swooning
• swooned

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