fainting

Chris D. (Canada)
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  1. faint
    lacking clarity, brightness, or loudness
  2. deliquium
    a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
  3. swooning
    weak and likely to lose consciousness
  4. dim
    lacking in light; not bright or harsh
  5. wispy
    thin and weak
  6. light-headed
    weak and likely to lose consciousness
  7. swoon
    pass out from weakness or physical or emotional distress
  8. black out
    darken completely
  9. redact
    formulate in a particular style or language
  10. edit
    prepare for publication or presentation by revising
  11. quench
    satisfy, as thirst
  12. extinguish
    put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
  13. carry off
    remove from a certain place, environment, or mental or emotional state; transport into a new location or state
  14. ignite
    cause to start burning
  15. syncope
    the loss of sounds from within a word
  16. give-up the ghost
    pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  17. shadowy
    filled with shade
  18. wraithlike
    lacking in substance
  19. umbrageous
    filled with shade
  20. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  21. syncopation
    a musical rhythm accenting a normally weak beat
Created on Wed Dec 10 05:24:52 EST 2008

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