breathless
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4.1
- adjective
- /ˈbrɛθləs/
:
sobrecogedor
- We'll have them breathless when we tell them our story.
I am like waiting with breathless anticipation for my order to come in.
- I am like waiting with breathless anticipation for my order to come in.
- And so when I found out that she was going to introduce me, I I was breathless, and I'm breathless now.
- But like the breathless click bait headlines, you know, try to let those flow through US.
- Your partner is going to be left breathless yearning for more of the unforgettable experiences you created together.
- It's just a reveal for the ages that left not just me, but my entire team absolutely stunned and breathless.
Examples
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Rose's eyes are opened wide; she is a bit breathless; obviously, something important has happened.
Fiction book (1991) -
When she walked into the hotel lobby, she was shaking and breathless with fatigue and fear.
Fiction book (1994) -
"And the land is hot and still, breathless I wait for you."
Fiction book (1990) -
I'm breathless to hear it.
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The heat coming off the track, the breathless speed and precision of the pit crew...
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"It is just your magnificent dancing makes me breathless!"
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I am like waiting with breathless anticipation for my order to come in.
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And the scientists watched in breathless tension as Welstead inspected their apparatus.
Fiction book (1992) -
And it's a jarring, gorgeous, intoxicating struggle written in a rhythm of breathless urgency.
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The breathtaking view from the mountaintop left us all breathless with wonder.
Synonyms
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1.0
Making people feel very interested and eager
102
3.6
Making you feel very excited, like on a fast roller coaster
77
3.5
A very beautiful and surprising sight that amazes you
17
4.8
Making you feel nervous and unsure about what will happen
16
4.5
Makes people feel a sudden, strong excitement
1
5.6
A time when excitement or tension is very high
You are so excited that you cannot breathe normally
Making you feel dizzy and excited from height or speed
Antonyms
Idioms
How Exciting
77
3.5
20
4.1
102
3.6
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1.0
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1.0
314
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Breathless joins breath ('the air you take into your lungs') and the ending -less ('without'), so it literally means 'without breath'. That's why we call a story or view 'breathless' when it is so exciting or beautiful that it 'takes your breath away'.