faintling adjective 1noun 1forms 3 adjective1 •Timorous; feeble-minded. noun1 •One who is faint, feeble, or weak.And for a weak and peevish youth, a faintling, A boy of a girl's temper; one who shrinks Trembling and crouching at a look, a word, A lifted ringer, like a beaten hound. — 1823 formsfaintlings · more faintling · most faintling