breathless anticipation
Thrilling, anxious waiting
Breathless anticipation is eager expectation so intense it feels like holding one's breath.
The phrase captures that suspended moment before something exciting or momentous happens: She waited in breathless anticipation for the envelope to be opened.
The breathlessness is figurative—suggesting excitement has crowded out even the impulse to breathe.
- eagernessIntense willingness to act
- suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
- excitementState of eager enthusiasm
- waitingRemaining in expectation
- on the edgeIn precarious position
edge · tension · pins and needles · hushed · pulse · heart racing · thrill · expectation · nail biting · nervous · tingle · moment · split second · bated · trembling · silent · heart pounding · cliff edge
breathless anticipationapathy
Absence of feeling
disinterest · nonchalance · impassivity · ennui · torpor
breathless anticipationresignation
Voluntary relinquishment of position
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