| Main Entry: | breathless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unable to respire normally |
Synonyms: |
asthmatic, blown, choking, emphysematous, exhausted, gasping, gulping, out of breath, panting, short of breath, short-winded, spent, stertorous, wheezing, winded |
Antonyms: |
breathy, calm |
| Main Entry: | breathless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | astounded |
Synonyms: |
agog, anxious, avid, eager, excited, flabbergasted, open-mouthed, thunderstruck, with bated breath |
| Main Entry: | agog |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthralled |
Synonyms: |
anxious, avid, breathless, eager, enthusiastic, excited, expectant, impatient, in suspense, on tenterhooks |
| Main Entry: | anxious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | eager |
Synonyms: |
agog, ardent, avid, breathless, desirous, enthusiastic, expectant, fervent, impatient, intent, itching, keen, thirsty, yearning, zealous |
Antonyms: |
dreading, unwilling |
| Main Entry: | avid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
ardent, athirst, avaricious, breathless, covetous, desirous, devoted, dying to, eager, fanatical, fervent, gotta have, grasping, greedy, hungry, impatient, insatiable, intense, keen, passionate, rapacious, ravenous, thirsty, voracious, zealous |
Antonyms: |
dispassionate, indifferent, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | calm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | peaceful, quiet (inanimate) |
Synonyms: |
at a standstill, at peace, bland, breathless, breezeless, bucolic, cool, halcyon, harmonious, hushed, in order, inactive, low-key, mild, motionless, pacific, pastoral, placid, quiescent, reposeful, reposing, restful, rural, serene, slow, smooth, soothing, still, stormless, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled, waveless, windless |
Antonyms: |
excited, fierce, frenzied, rough, stormy, turbulent, violent, wild |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | oppressive, humid |
Synonyms: |
airless, breathless, choky, confined, fusty, heavy, moldy, motionless, muggy, musty, stagnant, stale, stale-smelling, sticky, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, sweltering, sweltry, thick, tight, uncomfortable, unventilated |
Antonyms: |
cool, dry |
| Main Entry: | dead |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | no longer alive |
Synonyms: |
asleep, bereft of life, bloodless, bought the farm, breathless, buried, cadaverous, checked out, cold, cut off, deceased, defunct, departed, done for, erased, expired, extinct, gone, gone to meet maker, gone to reward, inanimate, inert, late, lifeless, liquidated, mortified, no more, not existing, offed, out of one's misery, passed away, perished, pushing up daisies, reposing, resting in peace, spiritless, stiff, unanimated, wasted |
Antonyms: |
alive, animated, being, existent, existing, live, living, subsisting |
| Main Entry: | dumbfounded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | astounded, confused |
Synonyms: |
agape, aghast, amazed, astonished, bamboozled, beat, bewildered, blown away, bowled over, breathless, buffaloed, confounded, dismayed, dumb, flabbergasted, floored, knocked, licked, nonplused, overcome, overwhelmed, puzzled, shocked, speechless, staggered, startled, stuck, stumped, stunned, surprised, taken aback, thrown, thunderstruck |
Antonyms: |
aware, expectant, unsurprised |
| Main Entry: | eager |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | anxious, enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
acquisitive, agog, ambitious, antsy, appetent, ardent, athirst, avid, breathless, champing at the bit, covetous, craving, desiring, desirous, dying to, earnest, fervent, fervid, greedy, gung ho, hankering, heated, hot to trot, hot*, hungry*, impatient, intent, keen, longing, pining, rarin' to go, ready and willing, restive, restless, self-starting, solicitous, thirsty, vehement, voracious, warmblooded, wild, wishful, yearning, zealous |
Antonyms: |
apathetic, disinterested, dispassionate, unconcerned, uneager, unenthusiastic |