Breathless

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Breathing with difficulty; gasping: was breathless from running.
  • adj. Marked by the suspension of regular breathing, as from tension or excitement: a breathless audience.
  • adj. Causing or capable of causing the suspension of regular breathing; tense or exciting: a breathless flight.
  • adj. Not breathing; without breath.
  • adj. Dead.
  • adj. Having no air or breeze; still: a breathless summer day.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
  • adj. That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
  • adj. Not breathing; apparently dead.
  • adj. Having no wind; still, calm or airless.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.
  • adj. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath.
  • adj. Dead.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Without breath; dead.
  • Out of breath; spent with labor or exertion.
  • That takes away the breath.
  • Marked by an apparent forgetfulness to breathe; absorbed; eager; excited.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
  • adj. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
  • adj. not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
  • Equivalent
    exciting    dead    asphyxiating    winded    short-winded    suffocating    pursy    blown    suffocative    smothering   
    Cross Reference
    lifeless   
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    dead   
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    frantic    speechless    hoarse    desperate    feverish    daze    nervous    tremulous    helpless    tense