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faintish

faintish adjective: somewhat faint.

Adjective

faintish (comparative more faintish, superlative most faintish)

  1. Somewhat faint.
    • We watched the faintish glow of far-off stars.
    • Still feeling faintish, I asked to be excused from dinner.

Forms of faintish

comparativemore faintish
superlativemost faintish

Origin of faintish

From faint + -ish.

Words formed from faintish

Questions about faintish

What does faintish mean?
Faintish means somewhat faint.
What part of speech is faintish?
Faintish is an adjective.

Words near faintish in the dictionary

  1. fainting goat syndrome
  2. fainting goats
  3. faintingly
  4. faintingness
  5. faintings
  6. faintish
  7. faintishness
  8. faintless
  9. faintlier
  10. faintliest
  11. faintling

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