breathless
1. not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty (Freq. 5) - breathless at thought of what I had done - breathless from running - followed the match with breathless interest • Syn: dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal • Ant: breathing • Similar to: asphyxiating, smothering, suffocating, suffocative, blown, pursy, short-winded, winded • See Also: unventilated • Derivationally related forms: dyspnoea (for: dyspnoeal), dyspnea (for: dyspneal), breathlessness 2. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing (Freq. 1) - a breathless flight - breathtaking adventure • Syn: breathtaking • Similar to: exciting 3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse - an inanimate body - pulseless and dead • Syn: inanimate, pulseless • Similar to: dead • Derivationally related forms: inanimateness (for: inanimate), breathlessness
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