swooning
swooh ning
- v pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
- s weak and likely to lose consciousness
a swooning fit
- Three times she brought the trial to a halt by swooning, once coughing up blood to the shock of the courtroom.
- But the camera that currently has photographers swooning doesn't use Kodachrome or, for that matter, film of any kind.
- Notorious tough guys are swooning with the vapors.