Faint and Mean

Faint

Faint adjective - Not seen or understood clearly.

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Mean and faint are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Faint".

Nearby Words: faintly, fainted, fainting

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Faint and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Faint" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Damned by Faint Praise: Madalena says that she loves Galavant... As much as someone like her can love anyone.Madalena: I mean, I love how when we hit the hay, It's more than just okay.

Source: Series / Galavant
By using Mean Look, then using Perish Song, the opponent's Pokémon will faint on the third turn, while you can switch out just before the final turn to avoid fainting.

Source: The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard
Perish Trapping (using Perish Song to faint the opponent in 3 turns and Mean Look/Spider Web so they couldn't escape and nullify the effect) was a very effective strategy due to the primarily defensive nature of the metagame.

Source: Game Breaker / Smogon

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