Synonyms for Short-winded (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (breathing laboriously or convulsively):
blown, winded, pursy, winded
WordNet sense 2 (not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty):
breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic
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