SWOONED Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

swooned

verb

past tense of swoon

as in fainted

to lose consciousness easily swooned at the sight of blood

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Recent Examples of swooned Meanwhile, bonds have swooned since the start of the Iran war at the end of February, amid a broad sell-off. — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 The entrance of the famed Inn at Spanish Bay, in Northern California’s Pebble Beach, had been festooned with some of the world’s most exotic automobiles—swooned over by camera-toting adorers—just a few days prior during Monterey Car Week. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2026 Meta has swooned as the company fights litigation alleging that the firm seeded addictive behavior in children. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026 Traders flooded back into the market to snap up shares in tech companies that had recently swooned over doubts that the huge investments will yield adequate returns. — ABC News, 30 July 2026 Since the outset of the competition, the team had been swooned over for the deftness of its skills and tipped for golden glory. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 Media swooned over Graham Platner for months despite Dem's brewing controversies. — FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026 Fans swooned over the thoughtful gift in her comments. — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026 Another couple came out, and Yang and Rogers swooned at her from the side of the stage. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026

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Kindel, who fainted on the plane, could resume practicing early next week, according to general manager Kyle Dubas.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Szubanski, now 65, immediately fake-fainted and fell to the floor.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

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Along the way, the former leaders of the AI trade, captured in the iShares AI Innovation ETF, have collapsed by 35 percentage points relative to the equal-weight S&P 500, then regained half the loss, then gave up most of that bounce.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Support for the populist had eroded since 16 people were killed in 2024 when a concrete canopy collapsed at a train station in Novi Sad.

— JOVANA GEC, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

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