breathed

[ bretht, breethd ]

adjective

, Phonetics.

1. not phonated; unvoiced; voiceless.
2. utilizing the breath exclusively in the production of a speech sound.

breathed

/ briːðd; brɛθt /

adjective

1. phonetics relating to or denoting a speech sound for whose articulation the vocal cords are not made to vibrate Compare voiced

Word History and Origins

Origin of breathed¹

First recorded in 1875–80; breath + -ed ³

Example Sentences

But he breathed vibrant, hilarious, oh-so-fabulous life into the classic 1996 remake.

From The Daily Beast

Outside of the absurdity of “blood splatter” flying through the air is the implication that Ebola can be “breathed” at all.

From The Daily Beast

I breathed sloppily through my mouth, hung my head between my legs, and spit every so often.

From The Daily Beast

You'd put a scarf across your nose and mouth and when you breathed through it, it would get all white with frost.

From The Daily Beast

Every time he breathed, he felt pains all through his torso—fractured ribs.

From The Daily Beast

He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.

From Project Gutenberg

But the withering mildew was now breathed forth, that was intended to blast this goodly harvest.

From Project Gutenberg

He breathed fierce and honest anathema on the heads of the bowelless fiends who had abandoned the babe to its doom.

From Project Gutenberg

“Well, I hope he does,” sighed Sol, the sigh being breathed to give expression of what remained unspoken.

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Every word she breathed, every anathema she denounced, seemed urged by the quick revenge of Duke Wharton!

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