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Having little physical strength
feeble, faltering, enervated, dizzy; see dizzy 1, weak 1.
Having little brightness or color
dim, vague, indistinct, hazy; see dull 2.
Having little volume of sound
inaudible, indistinct, whispered, breathless, murmuring, low, stifled, dull, dim, muted, hoarse, muttering, soft, soothing, bated, heard in the distance, quiet, low-pitched, low-toned, muffled, hushed, padded, distant, subdued, gentle, softened, feeble, from afar, moderate, grave, deep, deadened, rumbling, heavy, far-off, flat, thin, aside, between the teeth, floating on the air, dulcet, imperceptible, out of earshot.
Antonyms loud*, audible, raucous.
noun
swoon, unconsciousness, blackout, syncope; see stupor.
verb
lose consciousness, pass out, black out, swoon, become unconscious, be overcome, fall, go into a coma, have a stroke, suffer syncope, faint away, faint dead away, drop, collapse, succumb, suffer sunstroke, go out like a light*, keel over*.
Antonyms revive, awaken, come to.
See faint in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
Free from severity or violence, as in movement:
So lacking in strength as to be barely audible:
Small in degree, especially of probability:
Not clearly perceived or perceptible:
A temporary loss of consciousness:
To suffer temporary lack of consciousness:
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