Related Words for short of breath

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breathless
/x
Adjective, Adjective
winded
/x
Adjective
blown
/
Adjective
puffed out
//
Phrase, Adjective
exhausted
x/x
Verb
gassed
/
Verb
puffed
/
Verb
panicky
/xx
Adjective
faint of heart
///
Phrase, Adjective, Noun
windy
/x
Noun
frightened
/x
Adjective
alarmed
x/
Verb
worn out
//
Phrase, Adjective
fatigued
x/
Verb
gasping
/x
Verb
frantic
/x
Adjective
worn
/
Verb
stuffy
/x
Adjective
weary
/x
Adjective
suffocated
/xxx
Verb
drawn
/
Verb
flustered
/x
Verb
crank
/
Noun
bleary
/x
Adjective
scared
/
Verb
stifling
/x
Noun
sweaty
/x
Adjective
jittery
/xx
Adjective
shaky
/x
Adjective
shot
/
Noun
fed up
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb
sickly
/x
Adjective
fevered
/x
Adjective
played out
//
Phrase, Adjective
pumped
/
Verb
fluttered
/x
Verb
nauseous
/x
Adjective
uneasy
x/x
Adjective
haggard
/x
Noun
dizzy
/x
Noun
distraught
x/
Adjective
perturbed
x/
Adjective
nervous
/x
Adjective
chilly
/x
Adjective
fried
/
Name
sick and tired
///x
Phrase, Adjective
tired
/x
Adjective
sick
/
Adjective
wearied out
/x/
Phrase, Adjective
blasted
/x
Adjective
ridden
/x
Adjective
lethargic
x/x
Adjective
exhaustive
x/x
Adjective
distressed
x/
Adjective
imbalanced
x/x
Adjective
wild
/
Adjective
sleepy
/x
Adjective
congestive
x/x
Adjective
nauseated
/xxx
Verb
troubled
/x
Adjective
desperate
/x
Adjective
impaired
x/
Verb
frenzied
/x
Adjective
hasty
/x
Adjective
laboured
/x
Verb
queasy
/x
Adjective
under the weather
/xx/x
Phrase, Adjective
scared stiff
//
Phrase, Adjective
drowsy
/x
Adjective
light
/
Noun
fuming
/x
Noun
burnt out
//
Phrase, Adjective
harried
/x
Adjective
hurt
/
Noun
febrile
/x
Adjective
shelled
/
Adjective
abbreviated
x/xxx
Adjective
abridged
x/
Adjective
abruptly
x/x
Adverb
abstract
x/
Adjective, Name, Verb
accelerated
x/xxx
Adjective
acute
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
air
/
Noun, Verb
alcohol
/xx
Noun
amount
x/
Noun, Verb
anyhow
/xx
Adverb
anyway
/xx
Adverb
avalanche
/xx
Noun, Verb
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
barely
/x
Adverb
basket
/x
Noun, Verb
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
below
x/
Adverb, Noun
bias
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boost
/
Verb, Noun
bottom
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
boy
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
breadth
/
Noun
break
/
Verb, Noun
breathe
/
Verb
breather
/x
Noun
breathing space
/x/
Phrase, Noun
breathing spell
/x/
Phrase, Noun
breeze
/
Noun, Verb
brief
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
briefly
/x
Adverb
brother
/x
Noun, Verb
brusque
/
Adjective, Verb
burning
/x
Noun, Adjective
burst
/
Verb, Noun
bypass
/x
Noun, Verb
capacity
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
case
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
choke
/
Verb, Noun
choleric
/xx
Adjective, Noun
chunky
/x
Adjective, Noun
circuit
/x
Noun, Verb
clipped
/
Adjective
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
commercial
x/x
Adjective, Noun
con
/
Noun, Verb
concise
x/
Adjective, Verb
condensed
x/
Adjective
context
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
court
/
Noun, Verb
current
/x
Adjective, Noun
cursory
/xx
Adjective
curt
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
dawn
/
Noun, Verb
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
decision
x/x
Noun, Verb
deep
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
deficient
x/x
Adjective, Noun
definitive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
derivation
xx/x
Noun
deriving
x/x
Noun
digest
x/
Noun, Verb
diligent
/xx
Adjective
diminutive
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
direct
x/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
docs
/
Noun
drag
/
Verb, Noun
draught
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
dumpy
/x
Adjective, Noun
dwarf
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
early
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
emitted
x/x
Verb
encouragement
x/xx
Noun
endeavour
x/x
Noun, Verb
enough
x/
Adverb, Noun
enthusiasm
x/xxx
Noun
ephemeral
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
ex
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
exhalation
xx/x
Noun
expiration
xx/x
Noun
expiry
x/x
Noun
extent
x/
Noun, Adjective
far
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fast
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
fat
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
few
/
Noun
final
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
fleeting
/x
Adjective, Noun
footstep
/x
Noun
foreseeable
x/xx
Adjective
forgetful
x/x
Adjective
forthcoming
//x
Adjective, Noun
fresh
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
fugitive
/xx
Adjective, Noun
fuzzy
/x
Adjective, Noun
glance
/
Noun, Verb
gush
/
Noun, Verb
gust
/
Noun, Verb
hair
/
Noun, Verb
haul
/
Verb, Noun
height
/
Noun
hint
/
Noun, Verb
holding
/x
Noun
im
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
immediate
x/xx
Adjective
imminent
/xx
Adjective
impatient
x/x
Adjective
impetus
/xx
Noun
improvident
x/xx
Adjective
impulse
/x
Noun, Verb
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
independent
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
inferior
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
informal
x/x
Adjective
inhalation
xx/x
Noun
inhale
x/
Verb, Noun
inspiration
xx/x
Noun
inspiratory
x/xxx
Adjective
instrumental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
insufficient
xx/x
Adjective
intimation
xx/x
Noun
introductory
xx/xx
Adjective
inventory
xx/x
Noun, Verb
irascible
x/xx
Adjective
ironclad
/xx
Adjective, Noun
job
/
Noun, Verb
journey
/x
Noun, Verb
just
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
kid
/
Noun, Verb
knot
/
Noun, Verb
lack
/
Noun, Verb
last
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
lay
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
least
/
Adverb, Noun
lengthened
/x
Adjective
lengthier
/xx
Adjective
life
/
Noun, Verb
limited
/xx
Adjective, Noun
long
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
longish
/x
Adjective
low
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
lozenge
/x
Noun, Verb
lung
/
Noun
magnitude
/xx
Noun
meagre
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
medium
/xx
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
memorandum
xx/x
Noun
midget
/x
Noun
millionaire
xx/
Noun
mindful
/x
Adjective, Noun
minimal
/xx
Adjective, Noun
minor
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
minute
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
mist
/
Noun, Verb
momentary
/xxx
Adjective
momentum
x/x
Noun
mouth
/
Noun, Verb
much
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
murmur
/x
Noun, Verb
nain
/
Name
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
near
/
Adjective, Adverb, Verb, Noun
news
/
Noun, Verb