Vocabulary : Failing to Fainted

Failing : of Fail ;; A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing. ;; The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.
Faille : A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.
Failure : Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops. ;; Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise. ;; Want of success; the state of having failed. ;; Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight. ;; A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business. ;; A failing; a slight fault.
Fain : Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined. ;; Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. ;; With joy; gladly; -- with wold. ;; To be glad ; to wish or desire.
Faineance : Alt. of Faineancy
Faineancy : Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence.
Faineant : Doing nothing; shiftless. ;; A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.
Faineant deity : A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped.
Faint : Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. ;; Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady." ;; Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound. ;; Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance. ;; The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n. ;; To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n. ;; To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent. ;; To decay; to disappear; to vanish. ;; To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
Fainted : of Faint
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