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I.faint¹ /feɪnt/ BrE AmE adjective
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: faindre, feindre 'to pretend'; ⇨ ↑feign]
1. difficult to see, hear, smell etc:
She gave a faint smile.
a very faint noise
the faint light of dawn
2. a faint hope/possibility/chance etc a very small or slight hope etc:
a faint hope that they might be alive
3. not have the faintest idea to not know anything at all about something:
I don’t have the faintest idea what you’re talking about.
4. feeling weak and as if you are about to become unconscious because you are very ill, tired, or hungry:
The heat made him feel quite faint.
faint with
I was faint with hunger.
—faintly adverb:
Everyone looked faintly surprised.
The sun shone faintly through the clouds.
—faintness noun [uncountable]
⇨ damn somebody/something with faint praise at ↑damn⁴(6)
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THESAURUS
a quiet sound or voice
▪ quiet not making a loud sound: I heard a quiet voice behind me. | a car with a quiet engine
▪ low quiet – especially because you do not want people to hear or be disturbed: Doug was on the phone, speaking in a low voice. | I turned the volume down low.
▪ soft quiet and pleasant to listen to: Soft music was playing in the background. | His voice was soft and gentle.
▪ silent not making any sound at all: a silent prayer | silent laughter | The machines were virtually silent.
▪ hushed deliberately quiet because you do not want people to hear – used about people’s voices: They were talking about money in hushed tones. | The doctor’s voice was hushed and urgent.
▪ faint quiet and difficult to hear because it comes from a long way away: The men went ahead and their voices got fainter and fainter. | the faint sound of bells
▪ muffled difficult to hear, for example because the sound comes from another room or someone’s mouth is covered by something: Muffled voices were coming from downstairs. | the muffled sound of someone crying
▪ dull [only before noun] a dull sound is not loud – used especially about the sound of something hitting another thing: He hit the ground with a dull thud.
▪ inaudible too quiet to hear: The sound is inaudible to the human ear. | Her answer came in an almost inaudible whisper.
II.faint² BrE AmE verb [intransitive]
1. to suddenly become unconscious for a short time SYN pass out:
Several fans fainted in the blazing heat.
2. I nearly/almost fainted spoken used to say that you were very surprised by something:
I nearly fainted when they told me the price.
III.faint³ BrE AmE noun [singular]
an act of becoming unconscious
in a (dead) faint
She fell down in a faint.

fainthu

◎	[feint]
※	tính từ
	■	uể oải; lả (vì đói)
	■	e thẹn; nhút nhát
	■	yếu ớt
		☆	a faint show of resistance
			một sự chống cự yếu ớt
	■	mờ nhạt, không rõ
		☆	faint lines
			những đường nét mờ nhạt
		☆	a faint idea
			một ý kiến không rõ rệt
	■	chóng mặt, hay ngất
	■	oi bức, ngột ngạt (không khí)
	■	kinh tởm, lợm giọng (mùi)
※	danh từ
	■	cơn ngất; sự ngất
		☆	in a dead faint
			bất tỉnh nhân sự, chết ngất
※	nội động từ
	■	((thường) + away) ngất đi, xỉu đi
	■	(từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) nhượng bộ, nản lòng, nản chí
	〆	not have the faintest idea
		✓	chẳng biết mô tê gì cả