unbreathingadj.
1. Not breathing or respiring; esp. holding the breath; breathless.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > absence of life or consciousness > [adjective]
lifelessOE
unlivingOE
bloodless and bonelessOE
deadlya1225
dead1430
natureless1548
exanimate1552
inanimatea1555
unlively1563
spiritless1570
unquickened1610
unanimate1615
inanimal1623
inanimated1646
unvital1661
unanimated1697
unbreathing1709
unconscious1744
pulseless1820
azoic1854
not-living1869
abiotic1873
unvitalized1874
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > [adjective]
awonder1154
wonderfulc1380
astoniedc1400
marvelling?a1425
amazed1548
admirative1582
thunderstrickena1586
wondering1592
stonished1595
thunderstruck1613
dump1616
rapt1621
admired1684
astonished1716
breathless1768
unbreathing1789
agazed1803
astounded1810
obfuscated1822
struck with thunder1823
surprised1882
zapped1962
mind-blown1967
gob-struck1985
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > completely without wind
calmc1440
windless1605
breathless?1614
airless1727
breezelessa1763
unbreathing1814
zephyrlessa1821
dead1861
1709 Shakespeare's Richard III iii. iv, in N. Rowe Wks. Shakespear IV. 1674 Like dumb Statues or unbreathing [1597 breathing] Stones.
1736 A. Hill Zara v. i Th' unbreathing World is hush'd, as if it heard, And listen'd to, your Sorrows.
1789 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. II ii. 53 Silent with upturn'd eyes unbreathing crouds Pursue the floating wonder to the clouds.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion iv. 198 Hushed As the unbreathing air, when not a leaf Stirs in the mighty woods. View more context for this quotation
1824 J. Galt Rothelan III. 237 The audience sat in silent admiration and unbreathing astonishment.
a1867 N. P. Willis Lazarus & Mary 68 A fearful and unbreathing hush, Stiller than night's last hour.
2. Not taking breath; continuous.
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the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > continuity or uninterruptedness > [adjective]
continualc1340
jointc1400
directa1513
unbroken1561
successive1586
continuate1601
uninterrupted1602
unintermitted1611
continued1628
concrete1651
constant1653
uninterrupted1657
unintermitting1661
solid1662
continuous1751
uninterrupt1776
unbroke1793
unintermittent1850
unbreathing1893
1893 Scribner's Mag. June 821/1 It is neither recital, analysis, nor exposition; but soaring, sweeping, unbreathing rhapsody.
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