breath-catching

Definitions

1. 1

   Inspiring awe or deep admiration

   Inspiring awe or deep admiration; impressive.

   • The theory was breath-catching, but quickly fell apart when the accountant could give no account of what Sibyl might have done with Theresa's body.
   • Donal Henahan reported that her performance of it was “breath-catching in its vocal warmth and emotional power.”
   • For here was a vista that was breath-catching and inspiring, a wholly new thing come into the world.
2. 2

   Extremely frightening or overwhelming.

   • To cap the feat, their leader made a breath-catching descent by what mountain men call a rappel, riding down a rope almost 400 feet.
   • He was moving towards her with a purposefully predatory stride, stopping only when he was breath-catching inches away from her.
3. 3

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

   Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see breath, catching.

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