1 having difficulty in breathing; making it difficult for sb to breathe:
He arrived breathless at the top of the stairs. * They maintained a breathless (= very fast) pace for half an hour. * The dance left her feeling breathless and weak.
2 ~ (with sth) (written) experiencing, or making sb experience, a strong emotional reaction:
breathless with terror * the breathless excitement of seeing each other again
3 (written) with no air or wind:
the breathless heat of a summer afternoon
breathlessly adverb
breathlessness noun [U]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is breathless a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, breathless is tagged as adjective.
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