breathless
adjective/ˈbreθləs/
/ˈbreθləs/
- having difficulty in breathing; making it difficult for somebody to breathe
- He arrived breathless at the top of the stairs.
- They maintained a breathless (= very fast) pace for half an hour.
- The medication was making me feel breathless and dizzy.
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsc1- I get a bit breathless when I have to run for the bus these days.
- He sounded rather breathless.
- The unaccustomed exercise left them breathless.
- We had to stop, breathless from exertion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- with
- from
- (formal) experiencing, or making somebody experience, a strong emotional reaction
- the breathless excitement of seeing each other again
- breathless with something breathless with terror
- The children peered through the open door, breathless with excitement.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- with
- from
- (formal) with no air or wind
- the breathless heat of a summer afternoon
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