Associations to the word «Breathless»

Wiktionary

BREATHLESS, adjective. Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
BREATHLESS, adjective. That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
BREATHLESS, adjective. Not breathing; apparently dead.
BREATHLESS, adjective. Having no wind; still, calm or airless.

Dictionary definition

BREATHLESS, adjective. 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".
BREATHLESS, adjective. Tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure".
BREATHLESS, adjective. Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats