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Definition of "swoon" [swoon]
- To faint. (verb-intransitive)
- To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy. (verb-intransitive)
- A fainting spell; syncope. See Synonyms at blackout. (noun)
- A state of ecstasy or rapture. (noun)
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Use "swoon" in a sentence
- "Which is redolent with the central tenets of surrealism that made Lamarkin swoon (“beauty will be convulsive or not at all.”), when it involved a deep awareness of the unconscious, before it became a synonym for indolence and an excuse for the dirty word of indifference."
- "The consensus is that Obama's mid-term swoon has begun and the health care bill is going to be the first casualty."
- "Housing sales and prices continue their interminable swoon, which is a serious drag on the overall economy and likely to remain through 2012."
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