Faint1. lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound. 2. feeble or slight: faint resistance; faint praise; a faint resemblance. 3. feeling weak, dizzy, or exhausted; about to lose consciousness: faint with hunger. 4. lacking courage; cowardly; timorous: Faint heart never won fair maid. 5. Law. unfounded: a faint action. 6. to lose consciousness temporarily. 7. to lose brightness. 8. Archaic. to grow weak; lose spirit or courage. 9. a temporary loss of consciousness resulting from a decreased flow of blood to the brain; a swoon: to fall into a faint.
Let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them. What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, unless his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart.
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