fainter

adjhaving little effect on senses
adjweak

Synonyms for fainter

adj having little effect on senses

Antonyms for fainter

Word Origin & History

c.1300, "wanting in courage," now mostly in faint-hearted (mid-15c.), from Old French feint "soft, weak, sluggish," past participle of feindre "hesitate, falter, be indolent, show weakness, avoid one's duty by pretending" (see feign). Sense of "weak, feeble" is early 14c. Meaning "producing a feeble impression upon the senses" is from 1650s.

Example Sentences for fainter

They were overclouded again, they were fainter, they were gone; but they had been there.

Had I been wearier and fainter, it would have appeared less dreadful.

Now it grew louder, fainter now, and now it altogether died away.

And then the fainter, final asseverations of the more distant bells—twelve!

Another little sigh, fainter than before, followed, and all was still.

The previous sensation, that it was improbable he would die, was fainter now.

The sound of her lover's footsteps grew fainter and fainter.

It was a fainter voice now, and the color was going up her cheeks.

Overhead the swirling clouds were passing on; in the distance the thunder was fainter.

The centre had been growing fainter and fainter, and now the centre disappeared.