different between breathless vs anhele

English

Etymology

From breath +? -less.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b???l?s/
• Hyphenation: breath?less

Adjective

breathless (comparative more breathless, superlative most breathless)

1. Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
2. That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
   • 1934, Frank Richards, The Magnet, The Mystery of the Vaults

     The plane buzzed on at a breathless speed. Bob had been in a plane before, and he had no fear. Indeed, but for the strange circumstances, he would have enjoyed that breathless rush through space.

3. Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
4. Having no wind; still, calm or airless.
5. Having a somewhat hysterical tone, using over-emotive language.

Derived terms

• breathlessly
• breathlessness

Translations

English

Etymology

Compare Old French aneler, anheler. See anhelation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?hi?l/, /??ni?l/
• Homophone: anneal

Verb

anhele (third-person singular simple present anheles, present participle anheling, simple past and past participle anheled)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To pant; to be breathlessly anxious or eager (for).

   • They anheale […] for the fruit of our convocation.

Anagrams

• Helena, Lehane

Esperanto

Etymology

anheli +? -e.

Adverb

anhele

1. breathlessly

Spanish

Verb

anhele

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of anhelar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of anhelar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of anhelar.