BREATHLESS


Meaning of BREATHLESS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbreth-ləs ]

adjective

Date: 14th century

1.

a. : not breathing

b. : dead

2.

a. : panting or gasping for breath

b. : gripped with emotion

breathless in anticipation

c. : intense , gripping

breathless eagerness

breathless prose

d. : very rapid or strenuous

go at a breathless pace

e. : marked by intense or unremitting activity

a breathless schedule

3. : oppressive because of no fresh air or breeze

• breath·less·ly adverb

• breath·less·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.