faint
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adjective
1. (of a sight, smell, or sound) barely perceptible:
〖通例名詞の前で〗かすかな, ぼんやりした〈音･光･感情など〉
e.g. the faint murmur of voices.
(of a hope, chance, or possibility) slight; remote:
〖名詞の前で〗おぼろげな, ぼんやりした; わずかな〈考え･望み･機会など〉; ｟くだけて｠
e.g. there is a faint chance that the enemy may flee.
lacking in strength or enthusiasm; feeble:
〈体の機能などが〉弱った, 力ない
e.g. the faint beat of a butterfly's wing.
2. predicative weak and dizzy; close to losing consciousness:
〖be ～〗 【病気･疲れ･空腹などで】弱々しい, 気弱な; 気絶しそうな «with, from, for»
e.g. the heat made him feel faint.
verb no object
lose consciousness for a short time because of a temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain.
【空腹･痛み･暑さ･ショックなどで】気を失う, 卒倒する(away) «from, with»
archaic grow weak or feeble; decline:
｟古｠ 意気地がなくなる
e.g. the fires were fainting.
noun in singular
a sudden loss of consciousness:
〖通例a ～〗 気絶, 失神
e.g. she hit the floor in a dead faint.
PHRASES
not have the faintest
informal have no idea:
e.g. I haven't the faintest what it means.
DERIVATIVES
faintness |ˈfāntnis| noun
ORIGIN
Middle English (in the sense ‘feigned’, also ‘feeble, cowardly’, surviving in faint heart): from Old French faint, past participle of faindre (see feign). Compare with feint1.