swoon
pronunciation
How to pronounce swoon in British English:
UK [swu:n]
How to pronounce swoon in American English:
US [swun]
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- Noun:
- a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
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- Verb:
- pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
Word Origin
- swoon (n.)
- c. 1300, suowne, suun, "state of unconsciousness," probably from Old English geswogen "in a faint," past participle of a lost verb *swogan (see swoon (v.)).
- swoon (v.)
- c. 1200, "to become unconscious," probably from a lost Old English verb *swogan (as in Old English aswogan "to choke"), of uncertain origin. Compare Low German swogen "to sigh." Related: Swooned; swooning.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Such numbers should make strategists swoon .
- 2. So bond markets swoon and leaders become enfeebled .
- 3. Allow your eyes to open , taking care to flutter them as movie actors do when waking from a swoon .
- 4. The spring swoon overlapped with concern , which showed up in tightening money markets , that the federal reserve would soon exit from easy monetary policies .
- 5. But greeting us at the door after a long day with fish sticks ( or whatever you can wrastle up ) makes us swoon , because it shows that you 've been thinking about us and our hectic day .