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short-winded

UK/ʃɔːtˈwɪndɪd/

short-winded adjective: out of breath, gasping for air; breathing rapidly, or given to becoming short of breath.

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.
  2. (figuratively) Hasty, breathless; rushed.
    • 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.1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 8
  3. Concise and to the point.
    Antonyms:
    long-winded

short-winded meaning in Tamil

short-winded in Tamil

விரைவில் மூச்சுத்திணறுகிற

Antonyms of short-winded

Forms of short-winded

comparativemore short-winded
superlativemost short-winded

Words formed from short-winded

Questions about short-winded

What does short-winded mean?
Short-winded means out of breath, gasping for air; breathing rapidly, or given to becoming short of breath.
What is short-winded in Tamil?
Short-winded in Tamil is விரைவில் மூச்சுத்திணறுகிற. See Short-winded meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is short-winded?
Short-winded is an adjective.
How do you pronounce short-winded?
Short-winded is pronounced /ʃɔːtˈwɪndɪd/ (UK).

Words near short-winded in the dictionary

  1. short-track
  2. short-track speed skating
  3. short-tracks
  4. short-wave
  5. short-waves
  6. short-winded
  7. short-windedness
  8. short-witted
  9. shortage
  10. shortages
  11. Shortall

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Adapted from Wiktionary: short-winded (page history and authors); short-winded (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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