To swoon is to faint, due to lack of blood to the brain. Illness, fear, stress, and even happiness can cause people to swoon.
To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.
Noun
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
Verb
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
v. i.
To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an
apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint;
-- often with away.
n.
A fainting fit; syncope.
Swoon
The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain.
He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy.
Swoon
To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away.
A fainting fit; syncope.
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