breathless

/bɹˈɛθləs/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
   “breathless at thought of what I had done”
2. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
   “a breathless flight”
3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
   “an inanimate body”

Synonyms for breathless

• dyspneic
• dyspnoeic
• dyspneal
• dyspnoeal
• asphyxiating
• smothering
• blown
• breathtaking
• exciting
• inanimate
• pulseless
• dead

Antonyms of breathless

• breathing