adj
Meaning 1
Afflicted with dyspnea; possessing unhealthy breathing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dyspneic
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adjective
Meaning 2
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- breathless at thought of what I had done
- breathless from running
- followed the match with breathless interest
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: breathless, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From dyspnea + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: aamborstig — afflicted with shortness of breath
- Catalan: dispneic — afflicted with shortness of breath
- Dutch: aamborstig — afflicted with shortness of breath
- Dutch: ademborstig — afflicted with shortness of breath
- Dutch: engborstig — afflicted with shortness of breath
- Dutch: kortademig — afflicted with shortness of breath
- French: dyspnéique — afflicted with shortness of breath
- German: dyspnoisch — afflicted with shortness of breath
- German: kurzatmig — afflicted with shortness of breath
- Spanish: disneico — afflicted with shortness of breath