noun
1. a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
• Derivationally related forms: ↑faint
• Hypernyms: ↑feeling
2. the property of being without strength
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the faintness or potency of the feeling
• Derivationally related forms: ↑faint
• Hypernyms: ↑weakness
3. barely audible
• Derivationally related forms: ↑faint
• Hypernyms: ↑softness
4. the trait of lacking boldness and courage
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faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose
• Syn: ↑faintheartedness
• Ant: ↑stoutheartedness (for: ↑faintheartedness)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑faint, ↑fainthearted (for: ↑faintheartedness)
• Hypernyms: ↑timidity, ↑timorousness
5. the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
• Syn: ↑dimness
• Hypernyms: ↑indistinctness, ↑softness, ↑blurriness, ↑fogginess, ↑fuzziness
Useful english dictionary. 2012.