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- Dictionaryswoon/swuːn/
verb
- 1. faint, especially from extreme emotion: literary "Frankie's mother swooned and had to be helped to the headmaster's office"
- 2. be overcome with admiration, adoration, or other strong emotion: "you can have them swooning over you with a few well-placed words"
noun
- 1. an occurrence of fainting: literary "I fell down in a swoon"
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SWOON definition: 1. to feel a lot of pleasure, love, etc. because of something or someone: 2. to faint 3. a faint…. Learn more.
1. a. : a partial or total loss of consciousness. b.
SWOON meaning: 1. to feel a lot of pleasure, love, etc. because of something or someone: 2. to faint 3. a faint…. Learn more.
If you swoon, you are strongly affected by your feelings for someone you love or admire very much. Virtually every woman in the '20s swooned over Valentino. [ VERB + over ]
verb (used without object) to faint; lose consciousness. to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy: The teenagers swooned at the sight of the singing star. noun. a faint or fainting fit; syncope. swoon. / swuːn / verb. a literary word for faint. to become ecstatic. noun. an instance of fainting. Discover More. Derived Forms.
To swoon is to faint, due to lack of blood to the brain. Illness, fear, stress, and even happiness can cause people to swoon.
Define swoon. swoon synonyms, swoon pronunciation, swoon translation, English dictionary definition of swoon. intr.v. swooned , swoon·ing , swoons 1. To faint. 2. To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy. n. 1. A fainting spell; syncope. 2. A state of ecstasy or rapture....
