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Definition of faint : 1. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
2. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
3. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
4. The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [ R.] See Fainting, n.
5. 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.
6. To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
7. To decay; to disappear; to vanish.
8. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.
9. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, heart ne'er won fair lady.

Synonyms:

clear, abstemious, unsubstantial, give out, collapse, watery, easy, syncopation, sluttish, blear, loose, be overcome, deliquium, thin, fainthearted, low-pitched, faltering, loud, heavy, worn down, silly, featherbrained, big, effete, beatific, gentle, promiscuous, pass, tender, die, dulcet, croak, go out like a light, remote, gauzy, misty, umbrageous, bleak, fearful, undefined, deep, blurred, balmy, weakened, fit, imperfect, keel over, obtuse, wanton, decease, ill, dumb, commemorative, blurry, short, zonk out, fond hope/wish/dream etc., pop off, delicate, whispered, opaque, drop dead, grave, irresolute, awareness, undetermined, lightsome, distribute, slump, sick, calm, black out, stall, dizzy, idle, padded, dimmed, expire, fall, hand out, wakeful, syncope, etched, giddy, catchy, negligible, cash in one's chips, become unconscious, lame, sapless, raucous, indefinite, softened, fuzzy, wispy, audible, invisible, mild, perceptible, snuff it, prostrate, have a stroke, dimly, ill-defined, slender, unclouded, nebulous, pass out, conscious, faint dead away, dark, subdued, fallible, succumb, subtle, shy, cowardly, airheaded, hoarse, calorie-free, low-cal, half-hearted, pass away, nerveless, dense, light-headed, coward, unrealistic, lite, wimpish, stun, wimpy, strong, weakly, unclear, far-off, hushed, perish, wraithlike, tripping, enervated, breathless, clean, faint-hearted, light-colored, unaccented, wearied, black, sapped, give-up the ghost, go under, darkly, indistinguishable, lightheaded, debile, drop, faded, kick the bucket, go into a coma, appealing, obscure, worn, inaudible, distant, aside, down-and-out, absent, go, curious, pale, purposeless, prostrated, swoon, flat, empty-headed, quiet, elusive, asthenic, high, slight, washy, smooth, enfeebled, suffer sunstroke, slow, scant, bug-eyed, knock out, shady, exit, moderate, suffer syncope, wisplike, diffident, shadowed, imperceptible, inconspicuous, buy the farm, unsure, light, brooding, choke, conk, languid, slim, soothing, dearest, faint away, timid, outside, undistinct, blackout

doddering, debilitated, frail, flimsy, powerless, infirm, soft, rickety, decrepit, feeble, run-down, weak, ailing, fragile, sickly

filmy, cloudy, shadowy, half-lit, murky, hazy, dim, indistinct, foggy, bleary, vague

muffled, sotto voce, whispering, mumbling, low

insentient, unperceptive, soporific, numb, trance-like, dead, aloof, oblivious, dull, anesthetized, senseless, callous, insensible, blacked out, swooning, unconscious, unfeeling, comatose, stupid, narcotic, insensitive

fatigued, toilsome, over-weary, footsore, apathetic, sleepy, limp, flaccid, droopy, depressed, wayworn, uphill, tired, worn-out, bored, drowsy, frazzled, exhausted, trying, weary, wasted, cheerless, blue, listless

Usage examples:

• She was faint herself, tired and half- asleep. - "The Eternal Maiden", T. Everett Harré.
• Pride goes before a fall or a faint. - "The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers", Mary Cholmondeley.
• Rawlings asked, a look of faint surprise on his face. - "Dead Giveaway", Gordon Randall Garrett.