About The Word Breathless

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Breathless

Breathless Meaning & Definition
Breathless Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Breathless?

[adj] appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"
[adj] 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"
[adj] tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Breathless: asphyxiating | blown | breathtaking | choking | dead | dyspneal | dyspneic | dyspnoeal | dyspnoeic | exciting | gasping | inanimate | out of breath(p) | panting | pulseless | pursy | short-winded | smothering | suffocating | suffocative | winded

Related Terms | Find terms related to Breathless: ablaze | abrupt | afire | agape | aghast | agog | airless | alacritous | all agog | amazed | anaudic | animated | antsy | antsy-pantsy | anxious | aphasic | aphonic | ardent | asleep | asleep in Jesus | astonished | astounded | at gaze | at rest | athirst | avid | awed | awestruck | beguiled | bereft of life | bewildered | bewitched | boiling over | breakneck | breezeless | burning | bursting to | called home | captivated | carrion | chafing | close | confounded | cordial | croaked | dead | dead and gone | death-struck | deceased | defunct | delirious | demised | departed | departed this life | desirous | destitute of life | done for | drunk | dumb | dumbfounded | dumbstricken | dumbstruck | eager | edgy | enchanted | enraptured | enravished | enthralled | enthusiastic | entranced | exanimate | excited | exhausted | exuberant | fallen | fascinated | febrile | fervent | fervid | fevered | feverish | fiery | finished | flabbergasted | flaming | flushed | food for worms | forward | fretful | fretting | full of life | gaping | gasping | gauping | gazing | glowing | gone | gone to glory | gone west | hasty | headlong | hearty | heated | hopped-up | hot | hypnotized | ill-ventilated | impassioned | impatient | impetuous | impulsive | in a lather | in a stew | in a sweat | in awe | in awe of | in suspense | inanimate | inarticulate | intense | intoxicated | keen | late | late lamented | launched into eternity | lifeless | lively | lost in wonder | martyred | marveling | mesmerized | mum | mute | no more | on edge | on fire | open-eyed | openmouthed | oppressive | out of breath | overwhelmed | panting | passed on | passionate | popeyed | precipitant | precipitate | precipitous | prompt | puffed | puffing | pushing up daisies | puzzled | quick | rapt in wonder | raring to | rash | ready | ready and willing | red-hot | released | reposing | resting easy | restive | restless | sainted | short-breathed | short-winded | sleeping | smitten with death | speechless | spellbound | spent | spirited | squirming | squirmy | staggered | staring | steaming | steamy | stifling | still | stillborn | stricken dumb | stuffy | stupefied | sudden | suffocating | sultry | surprised | taken away | taken off | thirsty | thunderstruck | tired out | tongueless | tongue-tied | under a charm | uneasy | unpatient | unquiet | unrestrained | unvented | unventilated | vigorous | vital | vivacious | vivid | voiceless | warm | wheezing | wide-eyed | winded | windless | with the Lord | with the saints | without life | without vital functions | wondering | wonder-struck | wordless | worn out | zealous | zestful

See Also | unventilated

Breathless In Webster's Dictionary

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

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