breathless
English
Etymology
breath + -less
Adjective
breathless (comparative more breathless, superlative most breathless)
- Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
- That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
- 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian:
- By that stage Sevilla were down to 10 men and Jorge Sampaoli, their manager, had been sent to the stands as a breathless encounter started to spiral out of control.
- 1934, Frank Richards, The Magnet, The Mystery of the Vaults
- The plane buzzed on at a breathless speed. Bob had been in a plane before, and he had no fear. Indeed, but for the strange circumstances, he would have enjoyed that breathless rush through space.
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- Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
- Having no wind; still, calm or airless.
- Having a somewhat hysterical tone, using over-emotive language.
- 2018 May 21, T.A. Frank, “Has The Don Jr. bombshell blown up the Trump-Russia case?”, in Vanity Fair:
- The more some of us learn, the harder it gets to take each breathless headline seriously.
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Derived terms
- breathlessly
- breathlessness
Translations
having difficulty breathing; gasping
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that makes one hold one's breath
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not breathing; apparently dead
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having no wind; still, calm or airless
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