swooned

Meanings

• Verb

  1. To be overcome with emotion, especially love or admiration, to the point of losing consciousness or control.

  - "She swooned when she saw him."
  - "The audience swooned as the singer hit the high note."

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Synonyms

black out , faint , pass out

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with swooned
mooned , june and bloom , spooned , moonbeam

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Variants

List of all variants of swooned that leads to same result
swoon , swooned , swooner , swooners , swooning , swooningly , swoons

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Etymology

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Originated from the Old French word 'eswooner', meaning 'to make dizzy' or 'to stun'.

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Trivia

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1. Swooning was a popular phenomenon in the Victorian era, with women fainting or swooning in public as a sign of their sensitivity and refinement.

2. The term 'swoon' is also used in the context of food, referring to a dessert that is particularly delicious and indulgent.

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Related Concepts

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1. Fainting: Swooning and fainting are related phenomena, as both involve a loss of consciousness due to strong emotions or physical stimuli.

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Culture

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Swooning has been used extensively in literature, particularly in romantic novels and poems, to depict intense emotions and infatuation.

How to Memorize "swooned"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize someone losing consciousness or control due to strong emotions. Imagine their body going limp and their eyes rolling back in their head.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'swoon' with strong emotions, such as love or admiration. Think of a romantic scene where someone is overwhelmed by their feelings.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the first letter of each definition: 'S - Strong emotions, W - Weakness, O - Overwhelmed, O - Overcome, N - Narrowly avoiding fainting, N - Never forgetting the meaning of swoon'.

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