breathless (adj.)

  1. 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

    [ Syn: dyspneic , dyspnoeic , dyspneal , dyspnoeal ]

  2. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; a breathless flight; breathtaking adventure

    [ Syn: breathtaking ]

  3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; an inanimate body; pulseless and dead

    [ Syn: inanimate , pulseless ]

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