Antonyms for pant

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pant

Phonetic Transcription : pænt

Definition of pant

Origin : mid-15c., perhaps a shortening of Old French pantaisier "gasp, puff, pant, be out of breath, be in distress" (12c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *pantasiare "be oppressed with a nightmare, struggle for breathing during a nightmare," literally "to have visions," from Greek phantasioun "have or form images, subject to hallucinations," from phantasia "appearance, image, fantasy" (see phantasm). Related: Panted; panting.

verb gasp for air
verb long for

Example sentences :

Why, in a little while we wanted to hold our mouths open and pant like a dog.
Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

He was out of breath with whispering; I could hear him pant slightly.
Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad

I pant for a plantation which shall shelter and not suffocate.
Extract from : « The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba » by Walter Goodman

Her head drooped back and her parted lips seemed to pant and glow.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

“Bullets,” said Harry, who began to pant with excitement, as he made for the door.
Extract from : « In the Mahdi's Grasp » by George Manville Fenn

But in a few minutes they had recovered their breath, and ceased to pant from their exertions.
Extract from : « A Lieutenant at Eighteen » by Oliver Optic

Some may court publicity, and pant for the forum, or the pulpit, but they are the few.
Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey

He paused to pant, his body filling and emptying like a bladder.
Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant

From my place of ambush I could hear him pant aloud as he struck the blows.
Extract from : « Treasure Island » by Robert Louis Stevenson

I was glad to get home; my legs shook under me, and I could only stand and pant.
Extract from : « Black Beauty » by Anna Sewell

Synonyms for pant

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