Few sensations are as frightening as not being able to get enough air. Shortness of breath â known medically as dyspnea â is often described as an intense tightening in the chest, air hunger or a feeling of suffocation. Very strenuous exercise, extreme temperatures, massive obesity and high altitude all can cause shortness of breath in a healthy person. Outside of these examples, shortness of breath is likely a sign of a medical problem.
plenâ²tiÂ·fulÂ·ness n. Synonyms: plentiful, abundant, ample, copious, plenteous. These adjectives mean being fully as much as one needs or desires: a plentiful supply; the artist's abundant talent; ample space; copious provisions; a plenteous crop of wheat.
Synonyms: pathetic, pitiful, pitiable, piteous, lamentable. These adjectives describe what inspires or deserves pity. Something pathetic elicits sympathetic sadness and compassion: a most earnest ... entreaty, addressed to you in the most pathetic tones of the voice so dear to you (Charles Dickens).Both pitiful and pitiable apply to what is touchingly sad: She told a most pitiful story (Samuel Butler).lso paâ¢thetâ²iâ¢cal, 1. causing or evoking pity, either sympathetically or contemptibly; pitiful: a pathetic sight; a pathetic return on our investment. 2. sad; sorrowful; mournful: a pathetic tone of voice. pathÄticus pathÄtikos pathÄtikÃ³s = sensitive(pathÄt) os Ã³s made or liable, to. suffer. v adj of paschein + -pÃ¡schein-to ]. suffer ikos ic