SWOON
What does "SWOON" mean?
To faint, especially from strong emotion such as love or shock.
Meanings
- To lose consciousness, typically briefly, often from heat, shock, or emotion. She nearly swooned in the airless ballroom.
- To be overcome with admiration, infatuation, or delight. Fans swooned over the young singer. figurative
- A faint, or a state of rapturous emotion. She fell into a swoon at the sight of him.
Word origin
From Middle English 'swownen', from Old English 'geswogen' (in a faint, senseless), of uncertain deeper origin but tied to a notion of breathlessness or suffocation.
Remember it
SWOON shares its double 'OO' with 'soon' - you might swoon soon if you're not careful.
A little poem
The room tilts to white-
her knees forget their duty,
the floor rises up.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told her my puns made people swoon - she fainted, but the doctor said it was the heat.
What it teaches
To swoon is to let the body confess what the mind tries to keep composed.
Quick facts
What does SWOON mean?
To faint, especially from strong emotion such as love or shock.
Is SWOON a valid word?
Yes — SWOON is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SWOON?
SWOON has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SWOON come from?
From Middle English 'swownen', from Old English 'geswogen' (in a faint, senseless), of uncertain deeper origin but tied to a notion of breathlessness or suffocation.
What can SWOON teach us?
To swoon is to let the body confess what the mind tries to keep composed.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.