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faintier

faintier is the comparative form of fainty.

Meaning of fainty

Adjective

fainty (comparative faintier, superlative faintiest)

  1. (dialectal) feeble; languid; inclined to faint
    • When I was young the sight of blood made me go fainty, but I laugh at it now.1918, Eden Phillpotts, The Spinners

Questions about faintier

What is faintier the comparative form of?
Faintier is the comparative form of fainty.

Words near faintier in the dictionary

  1. faintheartedly
  2. faintheartedness
  3. faintheartednesses
  4. fainthearts
  5. fainthood
  6. faintier
  7. faintiest
  8. faintified
  9. fainting
  10. fainting goat
  11. fainting goat syndrome

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