"faintness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-faintness.wav Forms: faintnesses [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English faintnesse, feintnesse, equivalent to faint + -ness. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|faintnesse}} Middle English faintnesse, {{suffix|en|faint|ness}} faint + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} faintness (countable and uncountable, plural faintnesses)
  1. The property of being or feeling faint. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: faintheartedness, dimness Related terms: giddiness, light-headedness, vertigo Translations (property of being faint): прималяване (primaljavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), слабост (slabost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Schwäche [feminine] (German), Mattigkeit [feminine] (German), Mattheit [feminine] (German), Verblasstheit [feminine] (German), laige (Irish), stornimento [masculine] (Italian), stordimento [masculine] (Italian), malore [masculine] (Italian), svenevolezza [feminine] (Italian), blāvums (Latvian)

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