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breathless

DEFINITIONS OF: breathless

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adj not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty

breathless at thought of what I had done”
breathless from running”
“followed the match with breathless interest”
Synonyms:
dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic
asphyxiating
tending to deprive of oxygen
smothering, suffocating, suffocative
causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
blown, pursy, short-winded, winded
breathing laboriously or convulsively
unventilated
not ventilated
Antonyms:
breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic
passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination
sweet-breathed
having breath or breath as specified
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adj appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse

Synonyms:
inanimate, pulseless
dead
no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life

adj tending to cause suspension of regular breathing

“a breathless flight”
Synonyms:
breathtaking
exciting
creating or arousing excitement
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