breathlessness

Variant of breathless

breathless definition

breath·less (bret̸h′lis)

adjective

  1. without breath
  2. Old Poet. no longer breathing; dead
  3. out of breath; panting or gasping
  4. unable to breathe easily because of excitement, fear, etc.
  5. of or characteristic of writing having a light, superficial, or dramatic, fast-paced style intended to excite the interest of the reader
  6. still and heavy, as the air; stifling

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