swoon
verb/swuːn/
Frequency rank: #14,676 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to faint or feel overwhelmed with emotion or admiration.
Example sentence
She began to swoon when she saw her favorite singer walk onto the stage.
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