breathless

Adjective
Synonyms: dyspneicdyspnoeicdyspnealdyspnoealbreathtakinginanimatepulseless

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  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”Synonyms: dyspneicdyspnoeicdyspnealdyspnoeal
  2. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing“a breathless flight”“breathtaking adventure”Synonyms: breathtaking
  3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse“an inanimate body”“pulseless and dead”Synonyms: inanimatepulseless
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Breathless \Breath"less\ (br[e^]th"l[e^]s), a.

1.Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. [1913 Webster]

2.Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. [1913 Webster]

But breathless, as we grow when feeling most.— Byron.[1913 Webster]

3.Dead; as, a breathless body. [1913 Webster]

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