faint
adjective (SLIGHT) /feɪnt/Definition
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B2 not strong or clear; slight: a faint sound/noise/smell The lamp gave out a faint glow. She gave me a faint smile of recognition. There's not the faintest hope of ever finding him. She bears a faint resemblance to my sister. I have a faint suspicion that you may be right!Weakness and vulnerability not have the faintest idea C2 informal › used to emphasize that you do not know something: "Is she going to stay?" "I haven't the faintest idea." I haven't the faintest idea what you're talking about!Unaware
(Definition of faint adjective (SLIGHT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- Achilles heel noun
- at a low ebb idiom
- be (only) flesh and blood idiom
- be sb's poodle idiom
- chink in sb's armour idiom
- faintness noun (NOT CLEAR)
- frailty noun
- impotence noun (LACK OF POWER)
- impotent adjective (LACKING POWER)
- indefensible adjective
- lax adjective
- man of straw noun (WEAK)
- supine adjective (CHARACTER)
- susceptibility noun
- susceptible adjective (INFLUENCED)
- toothless adjective (NO POWER)
- underbelly noun
- unprotected adjective
- unsteady adjective
- wraith noun
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