breathlessness
breath•lessBrE /ˈbreθləs/
NAmE /ˈbreθləs/
adjective1 having difficulty in breathing; making it difficult for sb to breathe
example bank
He arrived breathless at the top of the stairs.They maintained a breathless (= very fast) pace for half an hour.The dance left her feeling breathless and weak. 2 (formal) experiencing, or making sb experience, a strong emotional reactionthe breathless excitement of seeing each other again~ with sth breathless with terror 3 (formal) with no air or windthe breathless heat of a summer afternoon 
breath•less•ly /BrE ˈbreθləsli; NAmE ˈbreθləsli/ adverb breath•less•ness /BrE ˈbreθləsnəs; NAmE ˈbreθləsnəs/ noun [uncountable]
