Breathless and Dead

Breathless

Breathless adjective - No longer living.
Usage example: carried the breathless body of his beloved dog back home

Dead is a synonym for breathless in nonliving topic. In some cases you can use "Dead" instead an adjective "Breathless".

Dead

Dead adjective - No longer living.
Usage example: I inherited this heirloom from my dead great-grandfather

Breathless is a synonym for dead in nonliving topic. Sometimes you can use "Breathless" instead an adjective "Dead", if it concerns topics such as no longer alive.

Nearby Word: deadly

Both words in one sentence

  • Comic Strip / Dick Tracy Older Than They Look: Heartless Mahoney, the sister of the long-dead Breathless Mahoney, looked like a woman in her late 20's or early 30s, while actually in her late middle age.
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