short-winded

(shôrt'wĭn'dĭd)
adj.

1. Breathing with quick labored breaths.
2. Likely to have difficulty in breathing, especially from exertion.
3. Brief and succinct.
4. Choppy; disconnected.

adj.

1. Breathing with quick, labored breaths.
2. Likely to have difficulty in breathing, especially from exertion.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: breathing laboriously or convulsively
  Synonyms: blown, gasping, out of breath, panting, pursy, winded

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stakåndet, kortfattet, koncis

Nederlands (Dutch)
kortademig

Français (French)
adj. - qui a le souffle court, au souffle court

Deutsch (German)
adj. - kurzatmig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δυσπνοϊκός, που υποφέρει από δύσπνοια

Italiano (Italian)
corto di respiro

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - afetado por respiração curta (Med.)

Русский (Russian)
страдающий одышкой, запыхавшийся, краткий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - corto de resuello, corto de respiración

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - andfådd, kortfattad, koncis

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
易喘气的, 片断的, 上气不接下气的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 易喘氣的, 片斷的, 上氣不接下氣的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 숨 가빠지기 쉬운, 숨이 찬, 간결한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 息切れする, 簡潔な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مختصر, مفكك أو غير مترابط, ضيق ألنفس, بهير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קצר-נשימה‬

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