Swoon

swoon
    n 1: a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient
         blood to the brain [syn: {faint}, {swoon}, {syncope},
         {deliquium}]
    v 1: pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due
         to a loss of blood supply to the brain [syn: {faint},
         {conk}, {swoon}, {pass out}]
    

Swoon \Swoon\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swooned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Swooning}.] [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swo?nien, fr.
   swo?en to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. sw[=o]gan to sough,
   sigh; cf. gesw[=o]gen senseless, swooned, gesw[=o]wung a
   swooning. Cf. {Sough}.]
   To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent
   suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to
   faint; -- often with away.
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         The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. --Lam.
                                                  ii. 11.
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         The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain.
                                                  --Dryden.
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         He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy.
                                                  --Tatler.
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Swoon \Swoon\, n.
   A fainting fit; syncope.
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49 Moby Thesaurus words for "swoon":
      KO, black out, blackout, catalepsy, catatonia, catatony, coma,
      crap out, die away, drop, drown, encephalitis lethargica, faint,
      fall senseless, gray out, grayout, high, kayo, keel over, knockout,
      lethargy, lipothymia, lipothymy, narcohypnosis, narcolepsy,
      narcoma, narcosis, narcotic stupor, narcotization, nirvana,
      nirvana principle, nod, nothingness, oblivion, obliviousness,
      pass out, sedation, semiconsciousness, senselessness, shock, sleep,
      sleeping sickness, sopor, stupor, succumb, syncope, thanatosis,
      trance, unconsciousness