windedadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˈwɪn.dɪd/us/ˈwɪn.dɪd/temporarily unable to breathe, either when hit in the stomach or after taking hard physical exercise:
Mark is so unfit - he gets winded just from walking up a flight of stairs.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
- aerobic respiration
- anaerobic
- asphyxia
- aspiration
- breath
- breathable
- breathe
- breathing
- gasp
- heave
- huff
- intake
- respiration
- respiratory
- sleep apnoea
- smother
- strangle
- strangulate
- suffocate
- suffocating
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