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    swoon
    /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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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSWOON | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    SWOON definition: 1. to feel a lot of pleasure, love, etc. because of something or someone: 2. to faint 3. a faint…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › swoonSwoon Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    noun. 1. a. : a partial or total loss of consciousness. b. : a state of bewilderment or ecstasy : daze, rapture. 2. : a state of suspended animation : torpor. swoony. ˈswü-nē. adjective.

  4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSWOON definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    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 ]

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySWOON | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    SWOON meaning: 1. to feel a lot of pleasure, love, etc. because of something or someone: 2. to faint 3. a faint…. Learn more.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › swoonSwoon - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    To swoon is to faint, due to lack of blood to the brain. Illness, fear, stress, and even happiness can cause people to swoon. Swoon is an old-fashioned way to say "pass out": back in the day, ladies in corsets were always swooning at the slightest stress or smallest nod from a handsome man.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › swoonSwoon - definition of swoon by The Free Dictionary

    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....

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishswoon verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of swoon verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. www.oed.com › dictionary › swoon_vswoon, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the verb swoon mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb swoon. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.

  10. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › english-wordSWOON - Find out everything about this English word | Collins

    All you need to know about "SWOON" in one place: definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  11. www.yourdictionary.com › swoonSwoon Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    Verb. Noun. Filter. verb. swooned, swooning, swoons. To faint. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To feel strong, esp. rapturous, emotion. Webster's New World. To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Synonyms: pass out. conk. faint. blackout. languish. syncope. coma. stupor. sleep. overwhelmed. float. fade.