noun

faintness

faintness, weakness, dizziness

He felt a wave of faintness.

He felt a wave of faintness.

a feeling/sense of faintness to experience faintness He felt a wave of faintness.

Synonyms: weakness, dizziness, lightheadedness; Antonyms: strength, clarity, consciousness

From the adjective 'faint' + the noun-forming suffix '-ness', which indicates a state or quality.

The suffix '-ness' turns an adjective into a noun describing a state. So, 'faintness' is the state of feeling 'faint'.

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