| ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -falin-, *falin* |
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| | | | | | Fain | v. t. & i. To be glad ; to wish or desire. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Whoso fair thing does fain to see. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Fain | adv. With joy; gladly; -- with wold. [ 1913 Webster ] He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat. Luke xv. 16. [ 1913 Webster ] Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Fain | a. [ OE. fain, fagen, AS. fægen; akin to OS. fagan, Icel. faginn glad; AS. fægnian to rejoice, OS. faganōn, Icel. fagna, Goth. faginōn, cf. Goth. fahēds joy; and fr. the same root as E. fair. Srr Fair, a., and cf. Fawn to court favor. ] 1. Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined. [ 1913 Webster ] Men and birds are fain of climbing high. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] To a busy man, temptation is fainto climb up together with his business. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Satisfied; contented; also, constrained. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] The learned Castalio was fain to make trechers at Basle to keep himself from starving. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Faineancy | { , n. [ Cf. OF. faineance. See Fainéant. ] Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence. The mask of sneering faineance was gone. C. Kingsley. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] Variants: Faineance | | faineant | ‖ a. [ F.; fait he does + néant nothing. ] Doing nothing; shiftless; disinclined to work or exertion.
Syn. -- bone-idle, bone-lazy, do-nothing(prenominal), indolent, lazy, otiose, shiftless, slothful, workshy, work-shy. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ] | | faineant | ‖ n. A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: faineant | | faineant deity | . A deity believed to be real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] | | Faint | v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Fainted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fainting. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Hearing the honor intended her, she fainted away. Guardian. [ 1913 Webster ] If I send them away fasting . . . they will faint by the way. Mark viii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent. [ 1913 Webster ] If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. Prov. xxiv. 10. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. To decay; to disappear; to vanish. [ 1913 Webster ] Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Faint | v. t. To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] It faints me to think what follows. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Faint | a. [ Compar. Fainter superl. Faintest. ] [ OE. feint, faint, false, faint, F. feint, p. p. of feindre to feign, suppose, hesitate. See Feign, and cf. Feint. ] 1. Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, “Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.” Old Proverb. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance. [ 1913 Webster ] The faint prosecution of the war. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | faineance | (n) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work, Syn. idleness | | faineant | (adj) disinclined to work or exertion, Syn. work-shy, lazy, slothful, otiose, indolent, Example: faineant kings under whose rule the country languished; an indolent hanger-on; too lazy to wash the dishes; shiftless idle youth; slothful employees; the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy | | faint | (n) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain, Syn. syncope, deliquium, swoon | | faint | (v) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain, Syn. conk, pass out, swoon | | faint | (adj) deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc, Syn. weak, Example: a faint outline; the wan sun cast faint shadows; the faint light of a distant candle; weak colors; a faint hissing sound; a faint aroma; a weak pulse | | faint | (adj) lacking strength or vigor, Syn. feeble, Example: damning with faint praise; faint resistance; feeble efforts; a feeble voice | | faint | (adj) weak and likely to lose consciousness, Syn. swooning, light-headed, lightheaded, light, Example: suddenly felt faint from the pain; was sick and faint from hunger; felt light in the head; a swooning fit; light-headed with wine; light-headed from lack of sleep | | faint | (adj) indistinctly understood or felt or perceived, Example: a faint clue to the origin of the mystery; haven't the faintest idea | | faint | (adj) lacking conviction or boldness or courage, Syn. faint-hearted, timid, fainthearted, Example: faint heart ne'er won fair lady | | faintheartedness | (n) the trait of lacking boldness and courage, Syn. faintness, Ant. stoutheartedness, Example: faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose |
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