breathless
adjective
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
Similar word(s): asphyxiating, smothering, suffocating, suffocative, blown, pursy, winded, unventilated, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic
2. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
- a breathless flight
- breathtaking adventure
Similar word(s): exciting, breathtaking
3. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse