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verb

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as in to faint
to lose consciousness easily swooned at the sight of blood

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noun

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as in daze
a state of mental confusion she wandered about in a swoon for several days after receiving the tragic news

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as in faint
a temporary state of unconsciousness fell into a swoon after stepping off of the incredibly fast roller coaster

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as in ecstasy
a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion her boyfriend's proposal sent her into a joyous swoon

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Recent Examples of swoon
Verb
The 12 best romance movies on Hulu to swoon over Will Thacker (Hugh Grant) in Notting Hill (1999) Professional rom-com boyfriend Hugh Grant plays Will Thacker, a regular guy living in Notting Hill who runs a bookstore. — James Mercadante, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025 During the cold open, Sherman, as Grace, questioned why Americans were swooning over Mangione. — Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2024
Noun
Everywhere, the planet showed signs of heat swoon last year, with record high levels of water vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; record low expanses of sea ice around Antarctica; and record oceanic temperatures in the North Atlantic, Indian, and western Pacific Oceans. — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025 To read a Sally Rooney novel is to hold humanity in your hands: 'Intermezzo' review Supernatural swoon: Why a 'paranormal romance' book may be your next great read What is the 'best' children's book? — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for swoon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swoon
  1. faint
  2. ecstasy
  3. trance
  4. heaven
  5. syncope
  6. delight
  7. joy
  8. happiness
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  • The leash became a sling, which took the pain from his collarbone just out of fainting territory.
    — Claire Cameron, Outside Online, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Jobson, the college sophomore, fainted on deck, and Ward Weimar, the Dartmouth student, became too feeble to handle the wheel.
    — David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of faint
Noun
  • Earlier, Waters is seen in a spasm of ecstasy after the aspiring lifestyle guru shows an intensely yellow egg yolk that came from one her famous rescue chickens.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • When searching him and his car, police found a loaded 9 mm handgun on the driver’s side floorboard and 16 grams of ecstasy in his possession, the release said.
    — Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of ecstasy
Noun
  • Three years after their auspicious debut, the young Chicago rock trio’s new album features this insatiable lead single — a quick, crunchy guitar track that’s been putting me in a trance for months.
    — Alex Suskind, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
  • From its beginnings in the early 1990s, K-pop was heavily influenced by rap and hip-hop, and aespa’s takes those origins and adds some dance and trance sounds to it.
    — Sara Murphy, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2025
Definition of trance
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  • Giant old growth conifers rise towards the heavens while thick ferns and mosses blanket the forest floor, all combining to dampen sound.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Typically, missions surveying the heavens have wide fields of view but at only a handful of individual or groups of wavelengths of light.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of heaven
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  • Common triggers include dehydration from illness, vasovagal syncope—a reflex response to nausea or pain—abnormal heart rhythms, and heart valve conditions such as aortic stenosis.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Fainting, known medically as syncope, is a common enough problem caused by diminished blood flow to the brain.
    — Lisa Sanders, M.D., New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of syncope
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  • Dubbed by Corrigan as a delight, the spot does a brilliant job of bringing Irish flair to European hospitality.
    — Rachel Dube, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The firebrand German director now blasts the cobwebs off Chekhov with boisterous, dazzling delight.
    — Demetrios Matheou, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2025
Definition of delight
Noun
  • That idea—of a grand continuum, in which the circumstances change but all of our big human feelings (heartache, joy, unease, panic, contentment) remain the same, across time and vast distances—felt germane to her new songs.
    — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025
  • But as one top seed was declared, then another, then another, a different feeling crept over the group than the joy that filled the room this time last year.
    — Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of joy
Noun
  • Stephanie Harrison is the founder of The New Happy, an organization advancing a new philosophy of happiness.
    — Stephanie Harrison, Contributor, CNBC, 15 Mar. 2025
  • For much of her youth, Natalie, 38, of New York, wasn't sure what happiness looked like for her.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of happiness

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