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| NOUN: | A temporary loss of consciousness: blackout, swoon. Pathology : syncope. See AWARENESS. | | VERB: | To suffer temporary lack of consciousness: black out, keel over, pass out, swoon. See AWARENESS. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. So lacking in strength as to be barely audible: feeble, weak. See STRONG. 2. Free from severity or violence, as in movement: balmy1, delicate, gentle, mild, smooth, soft. See CALM, STRONG. 3. Small in degree, especially of probability: negligible, outside, remote, slender, slight, slim. See BIG. 4. Not clearly perceived or perceptible: blear, bleary, cloudy, dim, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, indefinite, indistinct, misty, obscure, shadowy, unclear, undistinct, vague. See CLEAR.
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