Hypertext Webster Gateway: "swooning"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Swooning \Swoon"ing\,
a. & n. from {Swoon}, v. -- {Swoon"ing*ly}, adv.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. --Lam.
ii. 11.
The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain.
--Dryden.
He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy.
--Tatler.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
swooning
adj : 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}, {light-headed}, {lightheaded}]
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