swoon
swoon Lexical Profile
swoon Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To be overcome with admiration, infatuation, or ecstatic joy.
"Fans in the front row began to swoon as the lead singer stepped onto the stage."
To faint or lose consciousness, especially from extreme emotion or shock.
"In Victorian melodramas, the heroine would often swoon upon hearing startling news."
• noun
A state of ecstatic rapture, infatuation, or overwhelming emotional delight.
"The audience fell into a collective swoon as the violinist played the final, hauntingly beautiful movement."
A partial or total loss of consciousness; a fainting spell, especially one caused by strong emotion.
"Overcome by the stifling heat in the crowded hall, she collapsed into a sudden swoon."
• Rhymes for swoon
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English swounen, a back-formation from swouninge ('fainting'), ultimately derived from Old English geswogen ('in a swoon, unconscious').
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