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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty;
- Example: "breathless at thought of what I had done"
- Example: "breathless from running"
- Example: "followed the match with breathless interest"
[syn: breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal]

2. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing;
- Example: "a breathless flight"
- Example: "breathtaking adventure"
[syn: breathless, breathtaking]

3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;
- Example: "an inanimate body"
- Example: "pulseless and dead"
[syn: breathless, inanimate, pulseless]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Breathless \Breath"less\ (br[e^]th"l[e^]s), a.
   1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.
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   2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear,
      expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding
      of the breath; as, breathless attention.
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            But breathless, as we grow when feeling most.
                                                  --Byron.
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   3. Dead; as, a breathless body.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

breathless
    adj 1: 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" [syn: breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic,
           dyspneal, dyspnoeal] [ant: breathing, eupneic,
           eupnoeic]
    2: tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a
       breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure" [syn:
       breathless, breathtaking]
    3: appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse;
       "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" [syn: breathless,
       inanimate, pulseless]