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Meaning of 'breathless' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Breathless [ a.]
- Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.
- Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention.
- Dead; as, a breathless body.

Meaning of 'breathless' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . breathless [ a]
Meaning (1):
- not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
Example in sentence:
  • breathless at thought of what I had done;
  • breathless from running;
  • followed the match with breathless interest
2 . breathless [ s]
Meaning (2):
- tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
Example in sentence:
  • a breathless flight;
  • breathtaking adventure
Meaning (3):
- appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
Example in sentence:
  • an inanimate body;
  • pulseless and dead

Nearby Words:

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