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Meaning of word breathless from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

breathless   adjective

Meaning : Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty.

Example : Breathless at thought of what I had done.
Breathless from running.
Followed the match with breathless interest.

Synonyms : dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic

Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally. Sometimes used in combination.

The boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs.
The heavy-breathing person on the telephone.
breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic

Meaning : Tending to cause suspension of regular breathing.

Example : A breathless flight.
Breathtaking adventure.

Synonyms : breathtaking

Meaning : Appearing dead. Not breathing or having no perceptible pulse.

Example : An inanimate body.
Pulseless and dead.

Synonyms : inanimate, pulseless