Overbreathed

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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 […]"

Synonyms

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hyperventilatehyperventilate

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"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 […]"

Etymology

From over- + breathed.

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