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fainted

VERB

lose consciousness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

black out keel over pass out succumb swoon

STRONG

collapse drop fade fail fall flicker languish weaken

WEAK

be overcome become unconscious go out like light

Antonyms

STRONG

ascend improve reach rise strengthen win

Example Sentences

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At 9 a.m., while we were still on the bus, I fainted and hit my head.

From Slate • Feb. 3, 2026

During the service, several in the crowd fainted and fell to the ground, overcome.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Soon afterward, Gastfriend wrote, he must have fainted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Within hours Jacqui was having intense contractions and at one point slumped into the arms of her husband, Lori Quate, who thought she had fainted.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

“Doha, your noona carried you all the way home on her back, both of you looking like bloody messes. Your halmoni almost fainted when she saw your back.”

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh