SWOONING Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

swooning

verb

present participle of swoon

as in fainting

to lose consciousness easily swooned at the sight of blood

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Recent Examples of swooning Aptly named after Abdalla’s character, the Allie-Cat cut echoes Allie Hayes’s effortless confidence with shaggy layers of tousled brunette waves with golden-blonde highlights that had fans swooning for more than just hot hockey players. — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2026 In this new-old world there are cargo pants, slip dresses and swooning for Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy’s minimalism. — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026 Everything from Holden-Rea’s swooning orchestral score, which makes even the most mundane of mise en scène, courses with emotional histrionics, is calibrated for loud emotions. — Zachary Lee, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026 Travis Kelce has opened up more than ever about his wedding to Taylor Swift, a private party that had the whole world swooning and which took place at New York City’s Madison Square Garden in July. — William Earl, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 Years before Taylor and Travis, a beloved entertainment figure and a larger-than-life athlete were swooning in public. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026 In many ways, this movie set the template for the modern action-comedy blockbuster, but few of its many imitators have come close to matching the spunky edginess and swooning romantic intrigue of the original trend-setter. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026 The closest Spain got to that was against Cape Verde, but even the most swooning sentimentalists will recognise that the minnows were pretty lucky in that one. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 20 July 2026 The quilt’s washability is another factor that has shoppers swooning over it. — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026

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fainting

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Tina testified for an hour before fainting from exhaustion, returning later that day for a second round of questioning.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026
His body collapses in on itself on the fainting couch in the sitting room.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

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