Faint
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

DIM
Switch (a car's headlights) from a higher to a lower beam

WAN
A computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network

4 letters

PALE
Lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance"

CONK
Informal term for the nose

WEAK
Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings; "I'm only a fallible human"; "frail humanity"

5 letters

LIGHT
A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?"

VAGUE
Not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke

WISPY
Lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"

TIMID
People who are fearful and cautious; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid"

SWOON
A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

MUTED
Being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"

GIDDY
Having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling; "had a dizzy spell"; "a dizzy pinnacle"; "had a headache and felt giddy"; "a giddy precipice"; "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"; "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"

6 letters

FEEBLE
Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"

SUBTLE
Able to make fine distinctions; "a subtle mind"

7 letters

PASSOUT
Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

SYNCOPE
(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in `fo'c'sle' for `forecastle')

SHADOWY
Filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"

UNCLEAR
Not easily deciphered; "indecipherable handwriting"

8 letters

SWOONING
Weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"

KEELOVER
Turn over and fall; "the man had a heart attack and keeled over"

9 letters

DELIQUIUM
A spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain

10 letters

INDISTINCT
Not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"

11 letters

LIGHTHEADED
Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; "a dizzy blonde"; "light-headed teenagers"; "silly giggles"

12 letters

FAINTHEARTED
Lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"