breathless

/ˈbrɛθləs/

/ˈbrɛθləs/

Definitions of breathless

1. adjective

   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”

   synonyms: dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic

   asphyxiating

   tending to deprive of oxygen

   smothering, suffocating, suffocative

   causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

   blown, pursy, short-winded, winded

   breathing laboriously or convulsively

   unventilated

   not ventilated

   antonyms:

   breathing

   passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination

   sweet-breathed

   having breath or breath as specified
2. adjective

   appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
   synonyms: inanimate, pulseless

   dead

   no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
3. adjective

   tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
   “a breathless flight”

   synonyms: breathtaking

   exciting

   creating or arousing excitement