'Swooning' definitions:
Definition of 'swooning'
From: WordNet
adjective
Weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep" [syn: faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded]
Definition of 'Swooning'
From: GCIDE
- Swooning \Swoon"ing\, a. & n. from Swoon, v. -- {Swoon"ing*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swooning'
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]