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overbreathed

overbreathed adjective: breathed too much, or by too many people.

Adjective

overbreathed (comparative more overbreathed, superlative most overbreathed)

  1. Breathed too much, or by too many people.
    • I shared a room with Claire until we went our separate ways—she to dorm life, sororities, and the University of South Carolina, and me to unwed motherhood and adult education classes held at night in the warm overbreathed air of the high school […]2003, Lynn Hightower, High Water, page 19
    • Without the air conditioning system working, the plane was quickly becoming a suffocating den of hot, recycled, overbreathed air.2014, Riley J. Ford, Carpe DiEmily

Forms of overbreathed

comparativemore overbreathed
superlativemost overbreathed

Origin of overbreathed

From over- + breathed.

Questions about overbreathed

What does overbreathed mean?
Overbreathed means breathed too much, or by too many people.
What part of speech is overbreathed?
Overbreathed is an adjective.

Words near overbreathed in the dictionary

  1. overbreadth
  2. overbreak
  3. overbreaking
  4. overbreaks
  5. overbreathe
  6. overbreathed
  7. overbreathes
  8. overbreathing
  9. overbreathings
  10. overbred
  11. overbreed

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