breathless
/ˈbɹɛθləs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.19 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
adj
Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
Example Sentences
- "In thoughtless and breathless fear I rushed forward to avoid this host of demons, but while flying thus still more frightful and distorted shapes appeared, and I fancied I felt their hands clutching me."
- "By that stage Sevilla were down to 10 men and Jorge Sampaoli, their manager, had been sent to the stands as a breathless encounter started to spiral out of control."
- "The plane buzzed on at a breathless speed. Bob had been in a plane before, and he had no fear. Indeed, but for the strange circumstances, he would have enjoyed that breathless rush through space."
- "In breathless prose that risks making Dr Pachauri, who will be 70 this year, a laughing stock among the serious, high-minded scientists,"
- "The more some of us learn, the harder it gets to take each breathless headline seriously."
Etymology
Etymology tree English breath Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English breathless From breath + -less.
Inflected Forms
more breathless (comparative)
most breathless (superlative)