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English adjective: breathless | |||
| 1. | breathless not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty | ||
| Samples | Breathless at thought of what I had done. Breathless from running. Followed the match with breathless interest. | ||
| Synonyms | dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic | ||
| Similar | asphyxiating, blown, pursy, short-winded, smothering, suffocating, suffocative, winded | ||
| See also | unventilated | ||
| Antonyms | breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic | ||
| 2. | breathless tending to cause suspension of regular breathing | ||
| Samples | A breathless flight. Breathtaking adventure. | ||
| Synonyms | breathtaking | ||
| Similar | exciting | ||
| Antonyms | unexciting | ||
| 3. | breathless appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse | ||
| Samples | An inanimate body. Pulseless and dead. | ||
| Synonyms | inanimate, pulseless | ||
| Similar | dead | ||
| Antonyms | alive, live | ||
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