swoon
/swuːn/ verb C2- To faint, to lose consciousness. · "I swoon," quoth he.
- To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
- To overwhelm with emotion, especially infatuation.
- To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection. · The girls swooned at the picture of their favorite actor.
He/she/it swoons · Past swooned · Past participle swooned · -ing form swooning
Verb forms
- Base form
- swoon
- He/she/it
- swoons
- Past
- swooned
- Past participle
- swooned
- -ing form
- swooning
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The Viper, turning about, stung him, and falling into a swoon, the man said to himself, “Woe is me!
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