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 Definitions of breathless  [ˈbrɛθ lɪs]  

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Definition of 'breathless' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) breathless
without breath; gasping; panting.

2.  breathless
with the breath held, as in suspense.

3.  breathless
causing loss of breath, as from excitement, anticipation, or tension:
a breathless ride.

4.  breathless
dead; lifeless.

5.  breathless
motionless or still, as air without a breeze.

Etymology:  (1350–1400)

Definition of 'breathless' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal
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"

2. (adj) breathless, breathtaking
tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
"a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure"

3. (adj) breathless, inanimate, pulseless
appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
"an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"


Definition of 'breathless' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) breathless
unable to breathe enough
***"I made it!" he said breathlessly.


Definition of 'breathless' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) breathless
spent with labor or violent action; out of breath

2. (adj) breathless
not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention

3. (adj) breathless
dead; as, a breathless body


Translation of 'breathless' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: having difficulty in breathing normally
His asthma makes him breathless; He was breathless after climbing the hill.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: asemloos, uitasem Arabic flag Arabic: مقطوع النفس، لاهث Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бездиханен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ofegante Czech flag Czech: udýchaný German flag German: atemlos
Danish flag Danish: forpustet; stakåndet Greek flag Greek: λαχανιασμένος, που δεν μπ Spanish flag Spanish: sin aliento, sofocado
Estonian flag Estonian: hingeldav Farsi flag Farsi: از نفس افتاده Finnish flag Finnish: hengästynyt
French flag French: essoufflé Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֲסַר נְשִימָה Hindi flag Hindi: हांफना
Croatian flag Croatian: bez daha Hungarian flag Hungarian: légzési nehézségekkel küz Indonesian flag Indonesian: susah bernapas, sesak naf
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lafmóður Italian flag Italian: senza fiato Japanese flag Japanese: 息をきらした
Korean flag Korean: 숨이 찬 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: be kvapo, uždusęs Latvian flag Latvian: bez elpas; aizelsies
Malay flag Malay: tercungap-cungap Dutch flag Dutch: buiten adem, ademloos Norwegian flag Norwegian: andpusten, heseblesende
Polish flag Polish: bez oddechu, zadyszany Persian flag Persian: از نفس افتاده Pashto flag Pashto: له نفس څخه ولویدل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ofegante Romanian flag Romanian: gâfâind, cu respiraţia tă Russian flag Russian: задыхающийся; запыхавшийс
Slovak flag Slovak: udýchaný Slovenian flag Slovenian: zasopel Serbian flag Serbian: bez daha
Swedish flag Swedish: andfådd, andlös Thai flag Thai: หายใจลำบาก Turkish flag Turkish: nefes nefese, soluk soluğ
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 氣喘吁吁的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: задиханий, захеканий Urdu flag Urdu: سانس لینے میں دشواری ، سا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: hết hơi Chinese flag Chinese: 气喘吁吁的

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