swoon

• POS: Noun, Verb (intransitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

swoon, v. i. [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swonien, fr. swoen to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. swōgan to sough, sigh; cf. geswōgen senseless, swooned, geswōwung 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.  [1913 Webster]
"The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city."  [1913 Webster]
"The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain."  [1913 Webster]
"He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy."  [1913 Webster]

swoon, n. 

 A fainting fit; syncope.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

swoon, v. & n. literary
--v.intr. faint; fall into a fainting-fit.
--n. an occurrence of fainting.

Etymology

ME swoune perh. back-form. f. swogning (n.) f. iswogen f. OE geswogen overcome

THESAURUS

swoon

KO, black out, blackout, catalepsy, catatonia, catatony, coma, crap out, die away, drop, drown, encephalitis lethargica, faint, fall senseless, gray out, grayout, high, kayo, keel over, knockout, lethargy, lipothymia, lipothymy, narcohypnosis, narcolepsy, narcoma, narcosis, narcotic stupor, narcotization, nirvana, nirvana principle, nod, nothingness, oblivion, obliviousness, pass out, sedation, semiconsciousness, senselessness, shock, sleep, sleeping sickness, sopor, stupor, succumb, syncope, thanatosis, trance, unconsciousness

ROGET THESAURUS

swoon

Fatigue

N fatigue, weariness, yawning, drowsiness, lassitude, tiredness, fatigation, exhaustion, sweat, dyspnoea, anhelation, shortness of breath, faintness, collapse, prostration, swoon, fainting, deliquium, syncope, lipothymy, goneness, fatigued, tired, weary, drowsy, drooping, haggard, toilworn, wayworn:, footsore, surbated, weather-beaten, faint, done up, used up, knocked up, bushed, exhausted, prostrate, spent, overtired, overspent, overfatigued, unrefreshed, unrestored, worn, worn out, battered, shattered, pulled down, seedy, altered, breathless, windless, short of breath, out of breath, short of wind, blown, puffing and blowing, short-breathed, anhelose, broken winded, short-winded, dyspnaeal, dyspnaeic, ready to drop, all in, more dead than alive, dog-weary, walked off one's legs, tired to death, on one's last legs, played out, hors de combat, fatiguing, tiresome, irksome, wearisome, weary, trying.

VB be fatigued, yawn, droop, sink, flag, lose breath, lose wind, gasp, pant, puff, blow, drop, swoon, faint, succumb, fatigue, tire, weary, irk, flag, jade, harass, exhaust, knock up, wear out, prostrate, tax, task, strain, overtask, overwork, overburden, overtax, overstrain.

Impotence

VB be impotent, not have a leg to stand on, vouloir rompre l'anguille au genou, vouloir prendre la lune avec les dents, collapse, faint, swoon, fall into a swoon, drop, go by the board, go by the wayside, go up in smoke, end in smoke, render powerless, deprive of power, disable, disenable, disarm, incapacitate, disqualify, unfit, invalidate, deaden, cramp, tie the hands, double up, prostrate, paralyze, muzzle, cripple, becripple, maim, lame, hamstring, draw the teeth of, throttle, strangle, garrotte, garrote, ratten, silence, sprain, clip the wings of, put hors de combat, spike the guns, take the wind out of one's sails, scotch the snake, put a spoke in one's wheel, break the neck, break the back, unhinge, unfit, put out of gear, unman, unnerve, enervate, emasculate, castrate, geld, alter, neuter, sterilize, fix, shatter, exhaust, weaken.