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Synonyms
swoon (swōōn)

[Middle English swounen, probably from iswowen, in a swoon, from Old English geswōgen past participle of *swōgan, to suffocate.]

intransitive verb: swooned, swoon·ing, swoons. 

  1. To faint.
  2. To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy.

noun 

  1. A fainting spell; syncope. See synonyms at blackout
  2. A state of ecstasy or rapture.