swooning
English edit
Verb edit
swooning
- present participle and gerund of swoon
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
swooning (plural swoonings)
- A swoon or faint.
- 2769, William Buchan, Domestic Medicine: or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines:
- People of weak nerves or delicate constitutions are liable to swoonings or fainting fits.