fainted

Meanings

• Verb

  Lose consciousness and fall to the ground due to shock, fear, or exhaustion.

• Verb

  Collapse or pass out due to a lack of oxygen or other physical cause.

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Pronunciation

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Synonyms

black out , keel over , pass out , sweb , swoon , queal

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with fainted
minted , pinted , tinted

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Variants

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faint , fainted , fainting , faints

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'to be struck senseless' or 'to be stricken down'. Derived from the Old French 'fainter', meaning 'to feign' or 'to counterfeit'.

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Trivia

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1. The world record for the longest recorded faint is held by a man named Steve Faulkner, who fainted and remained unconscious for 8 minutes and 22 seconds.

2. Fainting is a common response to extreme emotions such as fear, joy, or surprise. It is believed that the body faints as a way to protect the brain from further damage during a traumatic event.

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Related Concepts

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1. syncope: A medical condition characterized by a temporary loss of consciousness and muscle tone due to a decrease in blood flow to the brain.

2. pass out: A colloquial term for fainting or collapsing due to shock, exhaustion, or other causes.

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Culture

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In literature, the act of fainting is often used as a dramatic device to convey emotion or to indicate a character's vulnerability. In art, images of people fainting have been used to depict various emotions and experiences, such as grief, fear, or surprise.

How to Memorize "fainted"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine someone suddenly collapsing to the ground, their eyes rolling back in their head and their body going limp.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'fainted' with the image of a person collapsing or passing out.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the phrase 'Fall Away, Involuntary Nervous Twitching And Eventual Collapse' to help remember the meaning of the word.

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