swooned; swooning; swoons
swooner
noun
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Verb
She almost swooned from fright.
easily swooned at the sight of blood
Noun
she wandered about in a swoon for several days after receiving the tragic news
fell into a swoon after stepping off of the incredibly fast roller coaster
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
Men on couches everywhere appreciate that their body type is represented on the screen, and the women beside them swoon at the spectacle of men voluntarily sweeping and communicating.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025
Everywhere, the planet showed signs of heat swoon last year, with record high levels of water vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; record low expanses of sea ice around Antarctica; and record oceanic temperatures in the North Atlantic, Indian, and western Pacific Oceans.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Stocks swooned at the open on steep tariffs set to start Tuesday then reversed losses on late morning news that the hit on goods from Mexico will be delayed for one month.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2025
Men on couches everywhere appreciate that their body type is represented on the screen, and the women beside them swoon at the spectacle of men voluntarily sweeping and communicating.
—Daniel Foster, National Review, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
The coach offered a reason for Queen’s recent swoon.
—Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2025
Everywhere, the planet showed signs of heat swoon last year, with record high levels of water vapor, methane, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; record low expanses of sea ice around Antarctica; and record oceanic temperatures in the North Atlantic, Indian, and western Pacific Oceans.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Swoon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swoon. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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swoon
1 of 2 verb1
2
: to drift or fade gradually
swooner
noun
swoon
2 of 2 noun1
: a partial or total loss of consciousness
2
: a dreamlike state
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