Synonyms for breath

Grammar : Noun

Spell : breth

Phonetic Transcription : brɛθ

Top 10 synonyms for breath

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Définition of breath

Origin : Old English bræð "odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor" (Old English word for "air exhaled from the lungs" was æðm), from Proto-Germanic *bræthaz "smell, exhalation" (cf. Old High German bradam, German Brodem "breath, steam"), from PIE root *gwhre- "to breathe, smell."

noun respiration
noun wind or something in the air
noun respite, break
noun hint, suggestion

Example sentences :

I feel the breath of life taken away from me by the multitude.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

With parched throats, gasping for breath, they lay back in agony.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

As soon as the fellow on the bed would have his breath he would scream.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

She went about her work that morning humming under her breath.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

Not a breeze can stir but it thrills us with the breath of autumn.
Extract from : « The Old Manse (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I crave for the balm of Nature, the anodyne of solitude, the breath of Mother Earth.
Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service

Andrew drew in his breath anxiously and turned her back for the cañon.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Andrew caught his breath, but the marshal would not let him speak.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Hester was running, and when she came near was quite out of breath.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Sallie looked, and drew in her breath with a long, expressive "O-h!"
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Antonyms for breath

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