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–adjective

1.	without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.

2.	with the breath held, as in suspense, astonishment, fear, or the like: breathless listeners of the mystery story.

3.	causing loss of breath, as from excitement, anticipation, or tension: a breathless ride.

4.	dead; lifeless.

5.	motionless or still, as air without a breeze: a breathless summer day.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME brethles. See breath, -less

]

—Related forms

breath·less·ly, adverb

breath·less·ness, noun

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breath·less Audio Help (brěth'lĭs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Breathing with difficulty; gasping: was breathless from running.
Marked by the suspension of regular breathing, as from tension or excitement: a breathless audience.
Causing or capable of causing the suspension of regular breathing; tense or exciting: a breathless flight.
1. Not breathing; without breath.
2. Dead.
Having no air or breeze; still: a breathless summer day.

breath'less·ly adv., breath'less·ness n.

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breathless
adjective
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" [ant: breathing]
2.	tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure"
3.	appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"

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ˈbreathless adjective

having difficulty in breathing normally
Example: His asthma makes him breathless; He was breathless after climbing the hill.

Arabic:	مقطوع النفس، لاهث
Chinese (Simplified):	气喘吁吁的
Chinese (Traditional):	氣喘吁吁的
Czech:	udýchaný
Danish:	forpustet; stakåndet
Dutch:	buiten adem, ademloos
Estonian:	hingeldav
Finnish:	hengästynyt
French:	essoufflé
German:	atemlos
Greek:	λαχανιασμένος, που δεν μπορεί να πάρει ανάσα
Hungarian:	légzési nehézségekkel küzdő
Icelandic:	lafmóður
Indonesian:	susah bernapas, sesak nafas
Italian:	senza fiato*

Japanese:	息をきらした
Korean:	숨이 찬
Latvian:	bez elpas; aizelsies
Lithuanian:	be kvapo, uždusęs
Norwegian:	andpusten, heseblesende
Polish:	bez oddechu, zadyszany
Portuguese (Brazil):	sem fôlego
Portuguese (Portugal):	ofegante
Romanian:	gâfâind, cu respiraţia tăiată
Russian:	задыхающийся; запыхавшийся
Slovak:	udýchaný
Slovenian:	zasopel
Spanish:	sin aliento, sofocado
Swedish:	andfådd, andlös
Turkish:	nefes nefese, soluk soluğa

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Breathless

Breath"less\ (br[e^]th"l[e^]s), a. 1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.

2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention.

But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. --Byron.

3. Dead; as, a breathless body.

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