ADJECTIVE | all | breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal | not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty |
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all | breathless, breathtaking | tending to cause suspension of regular breathing | |
all | breathless, inanimate, pulseless | appearing dead |
Sounds | breh'thlahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty. | |
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Synonyms | dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal | |
Narrower | asphyxiating | tending to deprive of oxygen |
blown, pursy, short-winded, winded | breathing laboriously or convulsively | |
smothering, suffocating, suffocative | Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat | |
See also | unventilated | not ventilated |
Opposite | breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic | Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally |
Spanish | jadeante | |
Catalan | panteixant | |
Nouns | breathlessness | a dyspneic condition |
Adverbs | breathlessly | in a breathless manner |
Meaning | tending to cause suspension of regular breathing. | |
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Example | "a breathless flight" | |
Synonym | breathtaking | |
Broader | exciting | creating or arousing excitement |
Spanish | asombroso, emocionante, fascinador, fascinante, impresionante, jadeante |
Meaning | Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse. | |
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Synonyms | inanimate, pulseless | |
Broader | dead | no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life |
Spanish | inanimado | |
Nouns | breathlessness | a dyspneic condition |
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