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faintly

/ˈfeɪntli/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈfeɪntli/

faintly

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Short i vowel
Ending: Final y vowel sound

fain - tly -> faintly

Myanmar meaning

(adv) ယဲ့ယဲ့။ နည်းနည်း။ not have the faintest/foggiest (idea) [idm] (infml) ရေးရေးမျှမသိ။ လုံးဝမသိပါ။

Full entry

faint / feÇnt / adj (-er, -est)

၁။ မှိန်သော။ အားနည်းသော။ တိမ် သွားသော။ (သင်း) ပျပျ။ (ညှီ) စို့စို့။
a faint glow/glimmer ❍ a faint smell of perfume ❍ We saw the faint outline of the mountain through the mist. ❍ The sounds of music grew fainter and fainter.
၂။ (က) အားနည်းသော။ အား ပျော့သော။ in a faint voice ❍ His breathing became faint.
(ခ) မူးမေ့မလိုဖြစ် [သော]။ မူးဝေ [သော]။ She suddenly felt faint. (ဂ) အားနည်းမောပန်းသော။ အားအင်ချို့တဲ့သော။ The explorers were faint from hunger and cold.
၃။ ရေးရေးမျှ ရှိသော။ There is still a faint hope/chance that she may be cured.
၄။ စိတ်မပါသော။ a faint show of resistance.
v သတိလစ်သည်။ Do not bend over suddenly because this can cause fainting or dizziness. ❍ He fainted from hunger.
n [sing] သတိလစ်ခြင်း။ She fell to the ground in a (dead) faint.
❏ the faint-hearted n [pl v ] သူရဲဘောနည်းသူ။ The 130-mile ride is not for the faint-hearted.
❏ faint-hearted adj သူရဲဘောနည်းသော။
❏ faintly adv ယဲ့ယဲ့။ နည်းနည်း။ She smiled faintly. ❍ I was faintly alarmed to hear this. faintness n [U]
❏ not have the faintest/foggiest (idea) [IDM ] (infml ) ရေးရေးမျှမသိ။ လုံးဝမသိပါ။ ‘Do you know where she is ?’ ‘Sorry, I haven't the faintest.

More examples

He could see the faint glow of a lamp through the curtains.
His voice was so faint as to be almost inaudible.
The faint scent of woodsmoke
Her memories of her father were very faint.
She shrugged, forcing a faint smile.
He looked around the room in the faint hope that Sam might suddenly appear.
Dan suddenly felt faint.

Synonyms

pale, weak, faded, dim, aside, bated, be overcome, become unconscious, black out, blackout, bland, bleached, blurred, breathless, collapse, deadened, deep, delicate, diminished, distant, dizziness, dizzy, drooping, drop, dull, dusty, enervated, exhausted, fade, fail, fall, fall down, faltering, far-off, fatigued, feeble, flicker, fragile, gentle, giddy, go out like light, grayout, hazy, hoarse, hushed, ill-defined, imperceptible, inaudible, indistinct, insensibility, keel over, knockout, languid, languish, lenient, lethargic, light, lightheaded, lose consciousness, loss of consciousness, low, low-pitched, mild, moderate, muffled, murmuring, muted, muttering, obscure, out of earshot, padded, pass out, piano, quiet, remote, shadowy, slight, smooth, soft, softened, soothing, stifled, stupor, subdued, succumb, swoon, syncope, tender, tenuous, thin, unclear, unconsciousness, unenthusiastic, unsteady, vague, vertiginous, vertigo, wan, weaken, whispered, wobbly, woozy

Antonyms

animated, ascend, boisterous, bold, brave, bright, certain, clear, close, colorful, come to, consciousness, courageous, definite, distinct, energized, firm, friendly, harsh, healthy, heavy, improve, intelligent, invigorated, lively, loud, near, nearby, reach, refreshed, resolute, rise, rough, sharp, smart, strengthen, strong, sure, thick, uncontrolled, violent, warm, win

Cross references

pale weak faded dim aside bated be overcome become unconscious black out blackout bland bleached blurred breathless collapse deadened deep delicate diminished distant dizziness dizzy drooping drop dull dusty enervated exhausted

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