breathless (a)
dyspneic (a)
dyspnoeic (a)
dyspneal (a)
dyspnoeal (a)

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def not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
examples breathless at thought of what I had done
breathless from running
followed the match with breathless interest
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Also see unventilated
Derivationally related form dyspnoeal → dyspnoea
Derivationally related form dyspneal → dyspnea
Derivationally related form breathless → breathlessness
Antonym breathless → breathing
Similar to asphyxiating; smothering, suffocating, suffocative; blown, pursy, short-winded, winded
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Antonym breathing → breathless
Similar to asphyxiating; smothering, suffocating, suffocative; blown, pursy, short-winded, winded
Also see unventilated
Derived from adjective breathlessly → breathless
Derivationally related form dyspnoea → dyspnoeal
Derivationally related form dyspnea → dyspneal
Derivationally related form breathlessness → breathless

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