'Swoon' definitions:
Definition of 'swoon'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Swoon'
From: GCIDE
- Swoon \Swoon\, n. A fainting fit; syncope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swoon'
From: GCIDE
- Swoon \Swoon\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Swooning.] [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swo?nien, fr. swo?en to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. sw[=o]gan to sough, sigh; cf. gesw[=o]gen senseless, swooned, gesw[=o]wung a swooning. Cf. Sough.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. --Lam. ii. 11. [1913 Webster]
- The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'swoon'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- black out,
- blackout,
- catalepsy,
- catatonia,
- catatony,
- coma,
- crap out,
- die away,
- drop,
- drown,
- encephalitis lethargica,
- faint,
- fall senseless,
- gray out,
- grayout,
- high,
- kayo,
- keel over,
- knockout,
- KO,
- lethargy,
- lipothymia,
- lipothymy,
- narcohypnosis,
- narcolepsy,
- narcoma,
- narcosis,
- narcotic stupor,
- narcotization,
- nirvana,
- nirvana principle,
- nod,
- nothingness,
- oblivion,
- obliviousness,
- pass out,
- sedation,
- semiconsciousness,
- senselessness,
- shock,
- sleep,
- sleeping sickness,
- sopor,
- stupor,
- succumb,
- syncope,
- thanatosis,
- trance,
- unconsciousness