swoon | Definition of swoon

swoon

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of swoon

1 a state of mental confusion

she wandered about in a swoon for several days after receiving the tragic news

Synonyms of swoon

daze, dazedness, fog, haze, muddle, spin

Words Related to swoon

reverie, stupor, trance

befuddlement, bewilderment, perplexity, puzzlement

delirium, malaise, paralysis

cloudiness, fogginess

Near Antonyms of swoon

alertness, levelheadedness

2 a temporary state of unconsciousness

fell into a swoon after stepping off of the incredibly fast roller coaster

Synonyms of swoon

blackout, faint, insensibility, knockout, swim, syncope

Words Related to swoon

daze, stupor, trance

drowsiness, narcosis, sleep, somnolence

3 a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion

her boyfriend's proposal sent her into a joyous swoon

Synonyms of swoon

cloud nine, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, heaven, high, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, transport

Words Related to swoon

blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, delight, enchantment, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure

reverie, trance

fervor, frenzy, madness, passion

cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness

Near Antonyms of swoon

misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness

blues, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, melancholy, mopes

Antonyms of swoon