Failing () of Fail

Fail () To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected manner, or to be altogether cut off from supply; to be lacking; as, streams fail; crops fail.

Fail () To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.

Fail () To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.

Fail () To deteriorate in respect to vigor, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker; as, a sick man fails.

Fail () To perish; to die; -- used of a person.

Fail () To be found wanting with respect to an action or a duty to be performed, a result to be secured, etc.; to miss; not to fulfill expectation.

Fail () To come short of a result or object aimed at or desired ; to be baffled or frusrated.

Fail () To err in judgment; to be mistaken.

Fail () To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's business obligation; to become bankrupt or insolvent.

Fail () To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.

Fail () To miss of attaining; to lose.

Fail () Miscarriage; failure; deficiency; fault; -- mostly superseded by failure or failing, except in the phrase without fail.

Fail () Death; decease.

Failance () Fault; failure; omission.

Failing () A failing short; a becoming deficient; failure; deficiency; imperfection; weakness; lapse; fault; infirmity; as, a mental failing.

Failing () The act of becoming insolvent of bankrupt.

Faille () A soft silk, heavier than a foulard and not glossy.

Failure () Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops.

Failure () Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise.

Failure () Want of success; the state of having failed.

Failure () Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight.

Failure () A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business.

Failure () A failing; a slight fault.

Fain () Well-pleased; glad; apt; wont; fond; inclined.

Fain () Satisfied; contented; also, constrained.

Fain () With joy; gladly; -- with wold.

Fain () To be glad ; to wish or desire.

Faineant () Doing nothing; shiftless.

Faineant () A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.

Faint () Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.

Faint () Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, \"Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.\"

Faint () Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.

Faint () Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.

Faint () The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.

Fainted () of Faint

Fainting () of Faint

Faint () To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n.

Faint () To sink into dejection; to lose courage or spirit; to become depressed or despondent.

Faint () To decay; to disappear; to vanish.

Faint () To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.

Fainthearted () Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.

Fainting () Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak.

Faintish () Slightly faint; somewhat faint.

Faintling () Timorous; feeble-minded.

Faintly () In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.

Faintness () The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.

Faintness () Want of vigor or energy.

Faintness () Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description.

Faintness () Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.

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