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- 1. (of a person) out of breath or quickly becoming so: "a fat, short-winded, little old man"
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The meaning of SHORT-WINDED is affected with or characterized by shortness of breath.
1. tending to run out of breath, esp after exertion. 2. (of speech or writing) terse or abrupt. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. short-winded in American English. (ˈʃɔrtˌwɪndɪd ) adjective. 1. easily put out of breath by exertion. 2. breathing with quick, labored breaths. 3. brief, often overly or undesirably so.
Short-winded definition: short of breath; liable to difficulty in breathing.. See examples of SHORT-WINDED used in a sentence.
Definition of short-winded adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Short-winded means breathing with quick labored breaths, likely to have difficulty in breathing, or brief and succinct. Find the origin, usage, and translations of this adjective in English and Spanish.
Definitions of short-winded. adjective. breathing laboriously or convulsively. synonyms: blown, pursy, winded. breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic. not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Short-winded."
May 21, 2024 · short-winded (comparative more short-winded, superlative most short-winded) Out of breath, gasping for air; breathing rapidly, or given to becoming short of breath. (figuratively) Hasty, breathless; rushed.
