breath
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Comparative
more breathless
Superlative
most breathless
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unable to breathe easily
- The asthma attack left him feeling breathless and struggling for air.
- Pneumonia can leave patients feeling breathless due to inflammation and fluid buildup in the lungs.
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often causes patients to feel breathless, especially during physical exertion.
- COVID-19 patients with severe respiratory symptoms may become breathless and require oxygen support.
- The sudden onset of bronchitis left her breathless and coughing uncontrollably.
Antonyms:
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causing a person to stop or lose normal breathing from emotion, shock, or intensity
- The performance left the audience breathless.
- It was a breathless moment as the winner was announced.
- The film's final scene was truly breathless.
- The beauty of the view rendered her breathless.
- He listened in breathless suspense to the outcome.
Synonyms:
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showing no signs of breathing or life
- They found the victim lying breathless on the ground.
- The rescuers reached a breathless man pulled from the water.
- The medic checked the breathless body for a pulse.
- She bent over the breathless bird, hoping it would move.
- The diver was pulled up, pale and breathless.