breathless

breathless
breathless late 14c., "unable to breathe," from BREATH (Cf. breath) + -LESS (Cf. -less). Meaning "out of breath, panting" is from mid-15c. Used from 1590s in the sense "dead." Meaning "forgetting to breathe due to excitement, awe, anticipation, etc." is recorded from 1802. Related: Breathlessly; breathlessness.

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  • Breathless — Breath less (br[e^]th l[e^]s), a. 1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. [1913 Webster] 2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Breathless — (* 5. September 1984 in Köln; † 9. März 2008 in Köln; eigentlich Jonathan Schnee) war ein deutscher Rapper und Musikproduzent, der im Alter von 23 Jahren an den Folgen seiner unheilbaren Krankheit Mukoviszidose verstarb. Diskografie 2006:… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • breathless — [adj1] unable to respire normally asthmatic, blown, choking, emphysematous, exhausted, gasping, gulping, out of breath, panting, short of breath, short winded, spent, stertorous, wheezing, winded; concept 406 Ant. breathy, calm breathless [adj2]… …   New thesaurus

  • breathless — index dead, lifeless (dead) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • breathless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) gasping for breath. 2) feeling or causing great excitement, fear, etc. DERIVATIVES breathlessly adverb breathlessness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • breathless — [breth′lis] adj. 1. without breath 2. Old Poet. no longer breathing; dead 3. out of breath; panting or gasping 4. unable to breathe easily because of excitement, fear, etc. 5. of or characteristic of writing having a light, superficial, or… …   English World dictionary

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  • breathless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ leave sb, make sb ▪ The unaccustomed exercise left him brea …   Collocations dictionary

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