English-Thai Dictionary

fain

ADV ด้วยความยินดี  ด้วย ความเต็มใจ  dui-kwam-yin-de

 

faineancy

N ความขี้เกียจ 

 

faint

ADJ อ่อนกำลัง  อ่อนแอ  dizzy on-kam-rang

 

faint

ADJ เจือจาง  เลือนๆ  เลือน  มัว  บาง  จาง  อ่อน  เบาบาง  jua-jang

 

faint

ADJ เฉื่อย  ไม่กระตือรือร้น  unenthusiastic chueai

 

faint

N ภาวะ ของ คนที่ เป็นลม  pa-wa-kong-kon-ti-pen-lom

 

faint

VI เป็นลม  หมดสติ  pen-lom

 

faint away

PHRV หมดสติ  mod-sa-ti

 

faint from

PHRV หมดสติ เพราะ  เป็นลม เพราะ  mod-sa-ti-prow

 

faint with

PHRV หมดสติ เพราะ  เป็นลม เพราะ  mod-sa-ti-prow

 

faint-hearted

A ที่ ขี้ขลาด ตาขาว  ที่ โลเล ลังเลใจ 

 

faint-hearted

ADJ ขี้ขลาด  ตาขาว  ใจ ไม่กล้า  timid weak ke-kad

 

faintly

ADV อย่าง แผ่วเบา  แผ่วเบา  เบา  yang-pael-bao

 

faints

N เหล้า วิสกี้ ที่ ไม่ บริสุทธิ์ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FAIN

a. 1. Glad; pleased; rejoiced. but the appropriate sense of the word is, glad or pleased to do something under some kind of necessity; that is, glad to evade evil or secure good. Thus, says Locke, "The learned Castalio was fain to make trenches at Basil, to keep himself from starving. " this appropriation of the word, which is modern, led Dr. Johnson into a mistake in defining the word. The proper signification is glad, joyful.

 

FAIN

adv. Gladly; with joy or pleasure. He would fain flee out of his hand. Job 27:22.
He would fain have filled his belly with husks. Luke 15:16.

 

FAIN

v.i.to wish or desire. [Not used. ]

 

FAINING

ppr. wishing; desiring fondly. In his faining eye.

 

FAINT

a.[L. vanus, whence to vanish. Eng. to wane. ] 1. weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, to be rendered faint by excessive evacuations.
2. Weak; feeble; languid; exhausted; as faint with fatigue, hunger or thirst.
3. Weak, as color; not bright or vivid; not strong; as a faint color; a faint red or blue; a faint light.
4. Feeble; weak, as sound; not loud; as a faint sound; a faint voice.
5. Imperfect; feeble; not striking; as a faint resemblance or image.
6. Cowardly; timorous. A faint heart never wins a fair lady.
7. Feeble; not vigorous; not active; as a faint resistance; a faint exertion.
8. Dejected; depressed; dispirited.
My heart is faint. Lamentations 1:22.

 

FAINT

v.i. 1. To lose the animal functions; to lose strength and color, and become senseless and motionless; to swoon; sometimes with away. he fainted for loss of blood.
On hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away.
2. To become feeble; to decline or fail in strength and vigor; to be weak.
If I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way. Mark 8:3.
3. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit.
Let not your hearts faint. Deuteronomy 2 :3.
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Proverbs 24:1 .
4. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
Gilded clouds, while we gaze on them, faint before the eye.

 

FAINT

v.t.To deject; to depress; to weaken. [Unusual. ]

 

FAINTHEARTED

a.Cowardly; timorous; dejected; easily depressed, or yielding to fear. Fear not, neither be fainthearted. Isaiah 7:4.

 

FAINTHEARTEDLY

adv. In a cowardly manner.

 

FAINTHEARTEDNESS

n.Cowardice; timorousness; want of courage.

 

FAINTING

ppr. Falling into a swoon; failing; losing strength or courage; becoming feeble or timid.

 

FAINTING

n.A temporary loss of strength, color and respiration; syncope; deliquium; leipothymy; a swoon.

 

FAINTISH

a.Slightly faint.

 

FAINTISHNESS

n.A slight degree of faintness.

 

FAINTLING

a.Timorous; feeble-minded. [Not used. ]

 

FAINTLY

adv. 1. In a feeble, languid manner; without vigor or activity; as, to attack or defend faintly.
2. With a feeble flame; as, a torch burns faintly.
3. With a feeble light; as, the candle burns faintly.
4. With little force; as, to breathe faintly.
5. Without force of representation; imperfectly; as, to describe faintly what we have seen.
6. In a low tone; with a feeble voice; as, to speak faintly.
7. Without spirit or courage; timorously.
He faintly now declines the fatal strife.

 

FAINTNESS

n. 1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, color and respiration.
2. Feebleness; languor; want of strength.
3. Inactivity; want of vigor.
4. Feebleness, as of color or light.
5. Feebleness of representation; as faintness of description.
6. Feebleness of mind; timorousness; dejection; irresolution.
I will send a faintness into their hearts. Leviticus 26:36.

 

FAINTS

n.plu. the gross fetid oil remaining after distillation, or a weak spirituous liquor that runs from the still in rectifying the low wines after the proof spirit is drawn off; also, the last runnings of all spirits distilled by the alembic.

 

FAINTY

a.weak; feeble; languid.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FAIN

Fain, a. Etym: [OE. fain, fagen, AS. fægen; akin to OS. fagan, Icel.faginn glad; AS. fægnian to rejoice, OS. faganon, Icel. fagna, Goth. faginon, cf. Goth. faheds joy; and fr. the same root as E. fair. Srr Fair, a., and cf. Fawn to court favor. ]

 

1. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined. Men and birds are fain of climbing high. Shak. To a busy man, temptation is fainto climb up together with his business. Jer. Taylor.

 

2. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. Shak. The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving. Locke.

 

FAIN

FAIN Fain, adv.

 

Defn: With joy; gladly; -- with wold. He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. Luke xv. 16. Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. Shak.

 

FAIN

FAIN Fain, v. t. & i.

 

Defn: To be glad; to wish or desire. [Obs. ] Whoso fair thing does fain to see. Spencer.

 

FAINEANCE; FAINEANCY

Fai "ne *ance, Fai "ne *an *cy, n. [Cf. OF. faineance. See Fainéant.]

 

Defn: Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence.

 

The mask of sneering faineance was gone. C. Kingsley.

 

FAINEANT

Fai `né `ant ", a. Etym: [F.; fait he does + néant nothing. ]

 

Defn: Doing nothing; shiftless. -- n.

 

Defn: A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. Sir W. Scott.

 

FAINEANT DEITY

FAINEANT DEITY Fainéant deity.

 

Defn: A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped.

 

FAINT

Faint, a. [Compar. Fainter (-r ); superl. Faintest.] Etym: [OE. faint, feint, false, faint, F. feint, p.p. of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See Faign, and cf. Feint. ]

 

1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

 

2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady. " Old Proverb.

 

3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.

 

4. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance. The faint prosecution of the war. Sir J. Davies.

 

FAINT

FAINT Faint, n.

 

Defn: The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n. The saint, Who propped the Virgin in her faint. Sir W. Scott.

 

FAINT

Faint, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fainting. ]

 

1. To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n. Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away. Guardian. If I send them away fasting. .. they will faint by the way. Mark viii. 8.

 

2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent. If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Prov. xxiv. 1 .

 

3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish. Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye. Pope.

 

FAINT

FAINT Faint, v. t.

 

Defn: To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. [Obs. ] It faints me to think what follows. Shak.

 

FAINTHEARTED; FAINT-HEARTED

FAINTHEARTED; FAINT-HEARTED Faint "*heart `ed, a.

 

Defn: Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected. Fear not, neither be faint-hearted. Is. vii. 4. -- Faint "*heart `ed *ly, adv. -- Faint "*heart `ed *ness, n.

 

FAINTING

FAINTING Faint "ing, n.

 

Defn: Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak. Fainting fit, a fainting or swoon; syncope. [Colloq. ]

 

FAINTISH

FAINTISH Faint "ish, a.

 

Defn: Slightly faint; somewhat faint. -- Faint "ish *ness, n.

 

FAINTLING

FAINTLING Faint "ling, a.

 

Defn: Timorous; feeble-minded. [Obs. ] "A fainting, silly creature. " Arbuthnot.

 

FAINTLY

FAINTLY Faint "ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.

 

FAINTNESS

FAINTNESS Faint "ness, n.

 

1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.

 

2. Want of vigor or energy. Spenser.

 

3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description.

 

4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection. I will send a faintness into their hearts. Lev. xxvi. 36.

 

FAINTS

FAINTS Faints, n.pl.

 

Defn: The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil. Ure.

 

FAINTY

FAINTY Faint "y, a.

 

Defn: Feeble; languid. [R.] Dryden.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fain

fain |fān feɪn | archaic ▶adjective pleased or willing under the circumstances: the traveler was fain to proceed. • compelled by the circumstances; obliged: he was fain to acknowledge that the agreement was sacrosanct. ▶adverb with pleasure; gladly: I am weary and would fain get a little rest. ORIGIN Old English fægen ‘happy, well pleased, ’ of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘rejoice ’; related to fawn 2 .

 

fainéant

fai né ant |ˈfānēənt ˈfeɪniənt | ▶adjective archaic idle or ineffective. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, from fait ‘does ’ + néant ‘nothing. ’

 

faint

faint |fānt feɪnt | ▶adjective 1 (of a sight, smell, or sound ) barely perceptible: the faint murmur of voices. • (of a hope, chance, or possibility ) slight; remote: there is a faint chance that the enemy may flee. • lacking in strength or enthusiasm; feeble : the faint beat of a butterfly's wing. 2 [ predic. ] weak and dizzy; close to losing consciousness: the heat made him feel faint. ▶verb [ no obj. ] lose consciousness for a short time because of a temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain. • archaic grow weak or feeble; decline: the fires were fainting. ▶noun [ in sing. ] a sudden loss of consciousness: she hit the floor in a dead faint . PHRASES not have the faintest informal have no idea: I haven't the faintest what it means. DERIVATIVES faint ness noun ORIGIN Middle English ( sense 2 of the adjective; also in the sense ‘cowardly, ’ surviving in faint heart ): from Old French faint, past participle of faindre (see feign ). Compare with feint 1 .

 

faint heart

faint heart ▶noun a person who has a timid or reserved nature. PHRASES faint heart never won fair lady proverb timidity will prevent you from achieving your objective.

 

faint-hearted

faint-heart ed |ˈfeɪnt ˈˌhɑrdəd | ▶adjective lacking courage; timid: they were feeling faint-hearted at the prospect of war | (as plural noun the faint-hearted ) : litigation is not for the faint-hearted . DERIVATIVES faint-heart ed ly adverb, faint-heart ed ness noun

 

faintly

faint ly |ˈfāntlē | ▶adverb in a faint manner; indistinctly: she smiled faintly. • [ as submodifier ] slightly: his faintly ridiculous hair.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fain

fain |feɪn | archaic ▶adjective [ with infinitive ] 1 pleased or willing under the circumstances: the traveller was fain to proceed. 2 compelled by the circumstances; obliged: he was fain to acknowledge that the agreement was sacrosanct. ▶adverb gladly: I am weary and would fain get a little rest. ORIGIN Old English fægen ‘happy, well pleased ’, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘rejoice ’; related to fawn 2 .

 

fainéant

fainéant |ˈfeɪneɪɒ̃ | ▶noun archaic an idle or ineffective person. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, from fait ‘does ’ + néant ‘nothing ’.

 

faint

faint |feɪnt | ▶adjective 1 (of a sight, smell, or sound ) barely perceptible: the faint murmur of voices. • (of a hope or chance ) possible but unlikely; slight: there is a faint chance that the enemy may flee. • lacking conviction or enthusiasm; feeble: she sent him a faint answering smile. 2 [ predic. ] feeling weak and dizzy and close to losing consciousness: the heat made him feel faint. ▶verb [ no obj. ] lose consciousness for a short time because of a temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain. • archaic grow weak or feeble; decline. ▶noun [ in sing. ] a sudden loss of consciousness: she hit the floor in a dead faint . PHRASES not have the faintest informal have no idea: I haven't the faintest what it means. DERIVATIVES faintness noun ORIGIN Middle English (in the sense ‘feigned ’, also ‘feeble, cowardly ’, surviving in faint heart ): from Old French faint, past participle of faindre (see feign ). Compare with feint 1 .

 

faint heart

faint heart ▶noun a person who lacks courage or conviction. PHRASES faint heart never won fair lady proverb timidity will prevent you from achieving your objective.

 

faint-hearted

faint-hearted ▶adjective lacking courage; timid: they were feeling faint-hearted at the prospect of war | (as plural noun the faint-hearted ) : litigation is not for the faint-hearted . DERIVATIVES faint-heartedly adverb, faint-heartedness noun

 

faintly

faint ¦ly |ˈfeɪntli | ▶adverb in a faint manner; indistinctly: she smiled faintly. • [ as submodifier ] slightly: his faintly ridiculous air.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

faint

faint adjective 1 a faint mark: indistinct, vague, unclear, indefinite, ill-defined, imperceptible, unobtrusive; pale, light, faded. ANTONYMS clear. 2 a faint cry: quiet, muted, muffled, stifled; feeble, weak, whispered, murmured, indistinct; low, soft, gentle. ANTONYMS loud. 3 a faint possibility: slight, slender, slim, small, tiny, negligible, remote, vague, unlikely, improbable; informal minuscule. ANTONYMS great. 4 faint praise: unenthusiastic, halfhearted, weak, feeble. ANTONYMS strong. 5 I suddenly felt faint: dizzy, giddy, lightheaded, unsteady; informal woozy. ▶verb she thought he would faint: pass out, lose consciousness, black out, keel over, swoon; informal flake out, conk out, zonk out, go out like a light. ▶noun a dead faint: blackout, fainting fit, loss of consciousness, swoon; Medicine syncope.

 

faint-hearted

faint-hearted adjective come now, my faint-hearted friend, I'll get you to safety: timid, timorous, nervous, easily scared, fearful, afraid; cowardly, craven, spineless, pusillanimous, lily-livered; informal chicken, chicken-hearted, yellow-bellied, gutless, sissy, wimpy, wimpish. ANTONYMS brave.

 

faintly

faintly adverb 1 Maria called his name faintly: indistinctly, softly, gently, weakly; in a whisper, in a murmur, in a low voice. ANTONYMS loudly. 2 he looked faintly bewildered: slightly, vaguely, somewhat, quite, fairly, rather, a little, a bit, a touch, a shade; informal sort of, kind of, kinda. ANTONYMS extremely.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

faint

faint adjective 1 her skirt had a faint mark or two: indistinct, vague, unclear, indefinite, ill-defined, obscure, imperceptible, hardly noticeable, hardly detectable, unobtrusive; pale, light, faded, bleached. ANTONYMS clear. 2 the baby gave a faint cry: quiet, muted, muffled, stifled, subdued; feeble, weak, thin, whispered, murmured, indistinct, scarcely audible, scarcely perceptible, hard to hear, hard to make out, vague; low, soft, gentle. ANTONYMS loud. 3 the faint possibility of his returning: slight, slender, slim, small, tiny, minimal, negligible, remote, distant, vague, unlikely, improbable, doubtful, dubious, far-fetched; poor, outside; informal minuscule; rare exiguous. ANTONYMS great. 4 only faint praise was offered to the management team: unenthusiastic, half-hearted, weak, feeble, low-key; informal wishy-washy. ANTONYMS strong. 5 I suddenly felt hot and faint: dizzy, giddy, light-headed, muzzy, weak, weak at the knees, unsteady, shaky, wobbly, off-balance, reeling; informal woozy, woolly, woolly-headed, dopey, trembly, all of a quiver; rare vertiginous. ▶verb he was so pale she thought he would faint: pass out, lose consciousness, fall unconscious, black out, collapse; informal flake out, keel over, conk out, zonk out, drop, go out, go out like a light; literary swoon. ▶noun she collapsed to the floor in a dead faint: blackout, fainting fit, loss of consciousness, collapse; coma; literary swoon; Medicine syncope.

 

faint-hearted

faint-hearted adjective the more faint-hearted tenants left after the raid: timid, timorous, nervous, easily scared, easily frightened, scared, fearful, afraid, trembling, quaking, cowering, daunted; cowardly, craven, spiritless, spineless, pusillanimous, weak, weak-willed, unmanly, lily-livered, pigeon-hearted, weak-kneed, weakling; Brit. nervy; Scottish feart; informal soft, jumpy, jittery, chicken, chicken-hearted, chicken-livered, yellow, yellow-bellied, gutless, sissy, wimpy, wimpish; Brit. informal wet; N. Amer. informal spooked, candy-assed; N. Amer. vulgar slang chickenshit; archaic recreant, poor-spirited; archaic, informal funky. ANTONYMS bold; brave.

 

faintly

faintly adverb 1 Maria called his name faintly: indistinctly, softly, gently, weakly, feebly; in a whisper, in a murmur, in a low voice, in subdued tones. ANTONYMS brightly; loudly. 2 the newcomer looked faintly bewildered: slightly, vaguely, somewhat, quite, fairly, rather, a little, a bit, a little bit, a touch, a shade; to some extent, to a certain extent, to some degree; informal sort of, kind of, kinda, ish. ANTONYMS extremely.

 

French Dictionary

fainéant

fainéant , ante adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Paresseux. : Ces fainéants sont inactifs. SYNONYME désœuvré . Prononciation La première syllabe se prononce fè, [fɛneɑ̃, ɑ̃t ]

 

fainéanter

fainéanter v. intr. verbe intransitif Se livrer à la paresse. SYNONYME paresser . aimer Prononciation La première syllabe se prononce fè, [fɛneɑ̃te ]

 

fainéantise

fainéantise n. f. nom féminin Paresse. : Quelques heures de fainéantise me seraient bénéfiques. SYNONYME désœuvrement ; inaction . Prononciation La première syllabe se prononce fè, [fɛneɑ̃tiz ]

 

Spanish Dictionary

faina

faina adjetivo /nombre común Cuba col. desp. [persona ] Que es desconsiderado, indiscreto o falto de inteligencia y que se expresa o actúa de manera inconveniente .

 

fainá

fainá nombre ambiguo Arg, Urug Torta de origen italiano, muy delgada, que se prepara con harina de garbanzos, sal, agua y aceite; después de cocida al horno se puede condimentar con pimienta negra en polvo .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fain

fain /feɪn / (!｟古 ｠) 副詞 1 〖wouldの後で 〗喜んで .2 むしろ (…したい ).形容詞 〖be ～〗1 喜んで «…する » «to do » .2 やむを得ず «…する » «to do » .

 

faint

faint /feɪnt / (! feintと同音 ) 〖fainの過去分詞; 語源は 「臆病 （おくびよう ）な 」〗形容詞 ～er ; ～est 1 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗かすかな , ぼんやりした 〈音 光 感情など 〉▸ a faint sound [smile, light, smell ]かすかな音 [微笑, 光, におい ]2 〖名詞 の前で 〗おぼろげな, ぼんやりした ; わずかな 〈考え 望み 機会など 〉; 〖not the ～est …〗｟くだけて ｠少しも …ない ▸ I haven't [don't have ] the faintest (idea [notion ] (of )) what he meant .彼の言いたかったことがまったくわからない (→have 他動詞 冒頭の 語法 (2 )現在形 (b ) (iii ), idea 名詞 2 )3 〈体の機能などが 〉弱った, 力ない ;〖be ～〗【病気 疲れ 空腹などで 】弱々しい, 気弱な ; 気絶しそうな «with , from , for » ▸ feel faint with fear 恐怖で気が遠くなる 4 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗心のこもっていない 〈ほめ言葉など 〉.5 意気地がない .動詞 自動詞 1 【空腹 痛み 暑さ ショックなどで 】気を失う, 卒倒する (away ) «from , with » ▸ I nearly [almost ] fainted .｟話 ｠すごくびっくりした ▸ faint dead away 気絶する 2 ｟古 ｠〈光 音などが 〉かすかに [ぼんやりと ]なる .3 ｟古 ｠意気地がなくなる .名詞 C 〖通例 a ～〗気絶, 失神 ▸ fall in a (dead ) faint 気絶する .f á int ness 名詞 U 弱々しさ ; 失神 .

 

faint(-)hearted

f à int (-)h é art ed /-ɪd /形容詞 臆病 （おくびよう ）な, 弱気な, 意気地のない ▸ be not for the fainthearted ｟おどけて ｠非常に困難である ; 臆病者には向かない ～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞

 

faintly

faint ly /féɪntli /副詞 1 かすかに, わずかに .2 弱々しく ; やる気なさそうに ▸ smile faintly 力なくほほえむ