What is "breathless" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does breathless mean in English? Meaning of breathless definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "breathless" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "breathless": not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty

Adjective

  • Meaning: not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
  • Example: breathless at thought of what I had done breathless from running followed the match with breathless interest
  • Synonyms: breathless dyspneal dyspneic dyspnoeal dyspnoeic
  • Antonyms: breathing eupneic eupnoeic
  • Similar: asphyxiating blown pursy short-winded smothering suffocating suffocative winded
  • Also see: unventilated
  • Meaning of "breathless": tending to cause suspension of regular breathing

    Adjective

  • Meaning: tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
  • Example: a breathless flight breathtaking adventure
  • Synonyms: breathless breathtaking
  • Similar: exciting
  • Meaning of "breathless": appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse

    Adjective

  • Meaning: appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
  • Example: an inanimate body pulseless and dead
  • Synonyms: breathless inanimate pulseless
  • Similar: dead
  • Adjective: Having difficulty breathing; gasping.That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).Not breathing; apparently dead.Having no wind; still, calm or airless.
  • Synonyms:

    blown, exhausted, out of breath, panting, spent, winded, asthmatic, choking, emphysematous, gasping, gulping, short of breath, short-winded, stertorous, wheezing, agog, anxious, avid, eager, excited, thunderstruck, flabbergasted, open-mouthed, with bated breath,

    Antonyms:

    breathy, calm, breathy, calm,

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    breathless in English: breathless
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