failure
— Noun
– English
～ lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"
failure
— Noun
– English
～ inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"
failure
— Noun
– English
～ an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"
fain
— Adverb
– English
～ in a willing manner; "this was gladly agreed to"; "I would fain do it"
fain
— Adjective
– English
～ having made preparations; "prepared to take risks"
faineance
— Noun
– English
～ the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
faineant
— Adjective
– English
～ disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
faint
— Verb
– English
～ pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
faint
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
faint
— Adjective
– English
～ indistinctly understood or felt or perceived; "a faint clue to the origin of the mystery"; "haven't the faintest idea"
faint
— Adjective
– English
～ weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"
faint
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
faint
— Adjective
– English
～ deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline"; "the wan sun cast faint shadows"; "the faint light of a distant candle"; "weak colors"; "a faint hissing sound"; "a faint aroma"; "a weak pulse"
faint
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking strength or vigor; "damning with faint praise"; "faint resistance"; "feeble efforts"; "a feeble voice"
faint
— Noun
– English
～ a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
fainthearted
— Adjective
– English
～ lacking conviction or boldness or courage; "faint heart ne'er won fair lady"
faintheartedness
— Noun
– English
～ the trait of lacking boldness and courage; "faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose"
faintly
— Adverb
– English
～ to a faint degree or weakly perceived; "between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly"; "stars shining faintly through the overcast"; "could hear his distant shouts only faintly"; "the rumors weren't even faintly true"
faintness
— Noun
– English
～ a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
faintness
— Noun
– English
～ the trait of lacking boldness and courage; "faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose"