swoon

C2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /swuːn/ UK /swuːn/ See IPA manual

Freq #27735

Meanings

1

verb
to lose consciousness briefly, especially because of weakness or intense emotion

Overcome by the heat, she began to swoon and was helped into a chair.
2

verb
to be overcome with admiration, delight, or romantic excitement

Fans swooned over the actor's return to the stage.
3

noun
a fainting spell or a state of overwhelming emotion

He caught her before she fell in a swoon.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to lose consciousness... faintpass out

2 verb · to be overcome with... rhapsodize adore

3 noun · a fainting spell or a state... faint rapture

Opposites

revive recover

Word family

Forms swoonedswooningswoons

Derived forms swoonerswooninglyswoony

Related forms faint sough

Etymology

From Middle English swounen, ultimately from Old English geswogen ('insensible') and swogan ('to make a sound or suffocate'), from a Germanic base associated with groaning or heavy breathing. The romantic sense developed from fainting under intense emotion.

Topics

Emotions & Feelings

External links

# swoon

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** /swuːn/
**IPA (UK):** /swuːn/
**Frequency rank:** 27735

## Meanings
1. to lose consciousness briefly, especially because of weakness or intense emotion
2. to be overcome with admiration, delight, or romantic excitement
3. a fainting spell or a state of overwhelming emotion

## Examples
- Overcome by the heat, she began to swoon and was helped into a chair.
- Fans swooned over the actor's return to the stage.
- He caught her before she fell in a swoon.

## Synonyms
- faint
- pass out
- rhapsodize

## Antonyms
- revive
- recover

## Derived Forms
- swooner
- swooningly
- swoony

## Related Forms
- faint
- sough

## Etymology
From Middle English swounen, ultimately from Old English geswogen ('insensible') and swogan ('to make a sound or suffocate'), from a Germanic base associated with groaning or heavy breathing. The romantic sense developed from fainting under intense emotion.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings

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