- swoon over
- be overcome with adoration or other strong emotion.→ swoon
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swoon — [swu:n] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: swown [i] to swoon (13 19 centuries), from Old English geswogen made sick or unconscious ] 1.) to be extremely excited and unable to control yourself because you admire someone so much swoon over ▪ crowds of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
swoon — I n. to fall into a swoon II v. 1)(d; intr.) to swoon over (to swoon over a new film idol) 2) (d; intr.) to swoon with (to swoon with joy) * * * [swuːn] to fall into a swoon (d; intr.) to swoon over (to swoon over a new film idol) (d; intr.) to… … Combinatory dictionary
swoon — verb 1》 literary faint, especially from extreme emotion. 2》 (usu. swoon over) be overcome with adoration or other strong emotion. noun literary a faint. Origin ME: as swown fainting , aswoon in a faint , both from OE geswōgen overcome … English new terms dictionary
Swoon (artist) — Swoon is a street artist from New York City who specializes in life size wheatpaste prints and paper cutouts of figures. Swoon studied painting at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and started doing street art around 1999. Swoon does not release… … Wikipedia
swoon´ing|ly — swoon «swoon», verb, noun. –v.i. 1. to faint: »She swoons at the sight of blood. 2. to fade or die away gradually. 3. to go into a state of great joy; become thrilled with overwhelming delight; become enraptured: »[He] is a wonderful man: the… … Useful english dictionary
swoon — [v] faint become unconscious, be overcome, black out, collapse, drop, feel giddy, feel lightheaded, go out like a light*, keel over, lose consciousness, pass out, weaken; concepts 303,308 … New thesaurus
Swoon hypothesis — This is a sub article of Death and resurrection of Jesus. The Swoon Hypothesis refers to a number of theories that aim to explain the resurrection of Jesus, proposing that Jesus didn t die on the cross, but merely fell unconscious ( swooned ),… … Wikipedia
swoon — [[t]swu͟ːn[/t]] swoons, swooning, swooned VERB If you swoon, you are strongly affected by your feelings for someone you love or admire very much. [V over n] Virtually every woman in the 20s swooned over Valentino... The ladies shriek and swoon at … English dictionary
swoon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. faint (see weakness). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. pass out, lose consciousness, languish; see faint . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. faint, pass out, lose consciousness, collapse, go limp, keel over … English dictionary for students
swoon — v 1. faint, lose consciousness, pass out, black out; limpen, go limp, crumple, succumb, give in or way, keel over, fall over, drop, collapse, Sl. conk out, faint dead away. n 2. faint, unconsciousness, blackout, fainting spell, Pathol. syncope,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
