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swoon
- pronunciation:
- swun
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
swooned, swooning, swoons |
| definition 1: |
to lose consciousness; faint.
Several soldiers swooned from exhaustion and the intense desert heat.- similar words:
- faint, pass out
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| definition 2: |
to fall into a state of hysteria, rapture, or spiritual ecstasy.
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| related words: |
collapse, drop |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a loss of consciousness; fainting spell.
- similar words:
- faint
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| derivation: |
swooningly (adv.) |
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