short-winded
1Short-winded — Short wind ed, a. Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. May. [1913 Webster] …
2short-winded — [shôrt′win΄did] adj. 1. easily put out of breath by exertion 2. breathing with quick, labored breaths 3. brief, often overly or undesirably so: said of speech or writing …
3short-winded — short′ wind′ed adj. 1) short of breath 2) brief or concise; to the point, as in speech or writing • Etymology: 1400–50 …
4short-winded — short wind·ed win dəd adj affected with or characterized by shortness of breath …
5short winded — short of breath, having difficulty breathing …
6short-winded — adj 1. breathless, out of breath, short of breath, pursy, winded; panting, huffing, puffing, gasping, heaving; wheezing, (usu of horses) broken winded, Pathol. dyspneal. 2. concise, succinct, brief, to the point, short and sweet; direct, pointed …
7short-winded — adjective a) out of breath, gasping for air, breathing rapidly; or given to easily becoming so. b) Concise and to the point (opposite of long winded) …
8short-winded — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dyspn[o]eic, broken winded, asthmatic, wheezy. See weariness …
9short-winded — adjective breathing laboriously or convulsively • Syn: ↑blown, ↑pursy, ↑winded • Similar to: ↑breathless, ↑dyspneic, ↑dyspnoeic, ↑dyspneal, ↑dyspnoeal …
10short-winded — adjective Date: 15th century 1. affected with or characterized by shortness of breath 2. a. brief b. broken up into short units …
