short-winded

See also: shortwinded

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʃɔːtˈwɪndɪd/

Adjective

short-winded (comparative more short-winded, superlative most short-winded)

  1. Out of breath, gasping for air; breathing rapidly, or given to becoming short of breath.
    Coordinate term: broken-winded (of horses; archaic)
  2. (figuratively) Hasty, breathless; rushed.
    • 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 8:
      it is […] what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and shortwinded elations of men.
  3. Concise and to the point.
    Antonym: long-winded

Derived terms

  • short-windedness

Translations

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