faintful
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The shepherd sighs upon the barren hills / To see his bleating lambs with faintful looks / Behold the vallies robb'd of springing flowers, / That whilom wont to yield them yearly food."
- "When I look into the dainty eyes / I wash away the tears built inside, / Voices unheard, children's faintful cries / Teardrops falling down in disguise."
- "The heights dizzied her, spiralling stone promising faintful vistas."
- "George's initial reaction to his assignments shows, he only vaguely comprehends what he is being asked to do, much less how to do it: “Founder! Founder! Those I thought I grasped, I gasped at; most signified not a thing to me. . . .Fist to brow I told them over, faintful list, and struck at each”."
- "Those who are sad are saddled / Those who are doubtful are downful / Those who are fearful are faintful / Those who are faintful are failure / Those who are defeated are deleted."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more faintful (comparative)
most faintful (superlative)