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breathless definition
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Grep of noun breathless breathlessness Overview of adj breathless The adj breathless has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (5) 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. (1) breathless, breathtaking -- (tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure") 3. breathless, inanimate, pulseless -- (appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead") Antonyms of adj breathless 3 senses of breathless Sense 1 breathless (vs. breathing), dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal breathing (vs. breathless), eupneic, eupnoeic => breathed => exhaling => huffing, puffing, puffy => inhaling => snoring => snorting Sense 2 breathless, breathtaking INDIRECT (VIA exciting) -> unexciting Sense 3 breathless, inanimate, pulseless INDIRECT (VIA dead) -> alive Similarity of adj breathless 3 senses of breathless Sense 1 breathless (vs. breathing), dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal => asphyxiating => choking, smothering, suffocating, suffocative => blown, gasping, out of breath(prenominal), panting, pursy, short-winded, winded Also See-> unventilated#1 Sense 2 breathless, breathtaking => exciting (vs. unexciting) Sense 3 breathless, inanimate, pulseless => dead (vs. alive) Attributes of adj breathless Familiarity of adj breathless breathless used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj breathless breathless Overview of adj breathless The adj breathless has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (5) 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. (1) breathless, breathtaking -- (tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure") 3. breathless, inanimate, pulseless -- (appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead")
breathless definition
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