о́бморок — meaning in English

English meaning

• faint adj Barely perceptible; weak in intensity.
• fainting noun The act of briefly losing consciousness.
• swoon verb To faint or become lightheaded, especially from strong emotion.
• syncope noun The dropping of a sound, often a vowel, from the middle of a word, sometimes losing a whole syllable.

Senses

о́бморок is used for these senses in English:

• fainting An act of collapsing into a state of temporary unconsciousness.
• swoon A faint.
• syncope (linguistics, phonology, prosody) The elision or loss of a sound from the interior of a word, especially of a vowel sound with loss of a syllable.

faint — full definition

1. adj Barely perceptible; weak in intensity.
2. adj Feeling weak or dizzy, as if about to lose consciousness.
3. verb To lose consciousness briefly, usually from lack of blood flow to the brain.

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