breathless

breath·less  (brthls)

adj.

1. Breathing with difficulty; gasping: was breathless from running.

2. Marked by the suspension of regular breathing, as from tension or excitement: a breathless audience.

3. Causing or capable of causing the suspension of regular breathing; tense or exciting: a breathless flight.

4.

a. Not breathing; without breath.

b. Dead.

5. Having no air or breeze; still: a breathless summer day.

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breathless·ly adv.

breathless·ness n.

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breathless [ˈbrɛθlɪs]

adj

1. out of breath; gasping, etc

2. holding one's breath or having it taken away by excitement, etc. a breathless confrontation

3. (esp of the atmosphere) motionless and stifling

4. Rare lifeless; dead

breathlessly  adv

breathlessness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	breathless - 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" dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic unventilated - not ventilated; "stuffy unventilated rooms" breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic - passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone"
	2.	breathless - tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure" breathtaking exciting - creating or arousing excitement; "an exciting account of her trip"
	3.	breathless - appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" pulseless, inanimate dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin"

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breathless

adjective

1. out of breath, winded, exhausted, panting, gasping, puffed, choking, gulping, wheezing, out of puff (informal), out of whack (informal), puffing and blowing, short-winded I was a little breathless and my heartbeat was fast.

2. excited, anxious, curious, eager, enthusiastic, impatient, agog, on tenterhooks, in suspense We were breathless with anticipation.

Translations

breathless [ˈbreθlɪs] ADJ

1. (from exertion) [voice] → entrecortado
he arrived breathless → llegó sin aliento → llegó jadeando
she was breathless from climbing the stairs → subir las escaleras la había dejado sin aliento
it leaves you breathless → corta la respiración
at a breathless pace → a un ritmo acelerado

2. (with excitement) a breathless silence → un silencio intenso
she was breathless with excitement → la emoción la había dejado sin aliento
we were breathless with anticipation → esperábamos ansiosísimos

breathless [ˈbrɛθləs] adj

(= short of breath) [person] → essoufflé(e), haletant(e); [voice] → essoufflé(e)

(fig) breathless with excitement → le souffle coupé par l'émotion

breathless

adj → atemlos; (with exertion also) → außer Atem; he said in a breathless voice → sagte er, nach Luft ringend; he is rather breathless (through illness) → er leidet an Atemnot; breathless with excitement/anticipation → ganz atemlos vor Aufregung/Spannung; it left me breathless (lit, fig) → es verschlug mir den Atem; at a breathless pace → atemberaubend schnell

breathless [ˈbrɛθlɪs] adj (exhausted) → senza fiato; (with excitement) → con il fiato sospeso; (silence) → religioso/a; (anticipation, anxiety) → vivissimo/a
his asthma makes him breathless → l'asma gli fa mancare il fiato

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breathless [ˈbrɛθlɪs] adj (exhausted) → senza fiato; (with excitement) → con il fiato sospeso; (silence) → religioso/a; (anticipation, anxiety) → vivissimo/a
his asthma makes him breathless → l'asma gli fa mancare il fiato