breathless

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
  2. adjective tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
  3. adjective appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse

Etymology

From breath + -less.

In classic literature

Synonyms

dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal

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