breathless

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adjective

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

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  inanimate, pulseless, breathtaking, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic