Swoon: meaning, example and synonyms
Swoonv. To be overcome with admiration, delight, or emotion; literally, to faint.
Example
Critics did not merely praise the young pianist's debut; several practically swooned over her interpretation, calling it the most moving performance of the season.
- Part of speech
- verb
- Synonyms
- faint, rhapsodize, gush, be enraptured
- Antonyms
- scoff, shrug off, sneer, stay unmoved
- Memory tip
- Picture swooning: a hand on the forehead, overwhelmed by feeling.
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Check yourself: Swoon in context
Food critics, normally hard to impress, ______ over the chef's tasting menu, describing each course in breathless superlatives.
Answer: swooned. Breathless superlatives show critics overcome with delight. conflated (merge mistakenly), reconstituted (rebuild) and disengaged (withdraw) don't fit.
In the overheated, crowded hall, several spectators began to ______, and ushers hurried to bring them water and chairs.
Answer: swoon. Heat, water and chairs point to people feeling faint. reciprocate (return in kind), conflate (merge mistakenly) and mollify (soothe) don't fit.