breath·less /ˈbrɛθləs/
1. 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"
synset: breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal
antonym: breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic
2. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure"
synset: breathless, breathtaking
3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"
synset: breathless, inanimate, pulseless
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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