Clues for the word "FAINT"
We've had 53 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 119 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Easy crossword on November 20, 2025.
Definition of faint
- superl. - Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
- superl. - Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."
- superl. - Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
- superl. - Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
- n. - The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.
- v. i. - To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n.
- n. - To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
- n. - To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
- v. t. - To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
Referring Clues
- Barely visible
- Hard to make out
- Barely perceptible
- Plotz
- React to a skunk, in cartoons
- Indistinct
- ___ heart ne'er won fair lady
- Printed with insufficient toner, maybe
- Pass out
- React to terrible news, perhaps
- Need smelling salts
- Swoon
- Light, or lightheaded
- Hard to see
- Barely audible
- Dim
- Hard to discern
- Hardly perceptible
- Timid
- Do more than swoon
- Woozy
- Woozy
- Woozy
- Exceedingly hard to see
- One is often said to be dead
- Hard to pick up
- Hard to hear
- Dizzy
- Hard to spot
- Like the light from distant stars
- Barely audible or readable
- React to shocking news, maybe
- Lacking clarity
- Pale
- Swoon, pass out
- Barely visible, as a star
- Weak and dizzy
- Dim female isn't slangy
- Boatman's infant is not bright!
- Black out
- Like a sound that can barely be heard
- The head of the family isn't weak
- Like light from a far-off star
- Barely registering
- Briefly lose consciousness
- Light
- Feeble play on the radio
- Almost undetectable
- Barely detectable
- The fellow isn't illiterate and dim
- What you might do if you see a zombie coming toward you
- Lightheaded
- Like the glow of the last embers in a fire
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Easy - November 20, 2025
- Daily Quick - November 18, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - August 15, 2025
- Daily Quick - July 30, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 03, 2025
- Your Life Choices - June 02, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - May 06, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 24, 2025
- Your Life Choices - January 25, 2025
- New York Times - January 12, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - December 31, 2024
- LA Times - December 03, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 21, 2024
- Family Time - September 30, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - July 22, 2024
- Daily American - June 21, 2024
- Your Life Choices - June 12, 2024
- Daily American - June 10, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - May 29, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - February 17, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 12, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 18, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - October 18, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - August 28, 2023
- USA Today - August 11, 2023
- Daily Quick - July 30, 2023
- Your Life Choices - July 22, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - February 14, 2023
- Evening Standard Easy - February 07, 2023
- Your Life Choices - January 20, 2023
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