hyperventilated
Gasped too rapidly
Hyperventilated is the past tense of hyperventilate—to breathe rapidly and shallowly, often from panic or anxiety, causing dizziness or tingling as carbon dioxide levels drop: She hyperventilated during the panic attack.
Figuratively, it describes exaggerated or overwrought reactions: The media hyperventilated over the scandal.
Pulmonary gas exchange
- rapidMoving with haste
- gaspingBreathing in sharp gulps
- shortnessLack of length
- pantingRapid labored breathing
respiration · tachypnea · dyspnea · alkalosis · chest · diaphragm · lungs · oxygen
Emotional response to threat
- terrorExtreme, overwhelming fear
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
frenzy · distress · anxiety · trembling · palpitations · sweating · suffocation · claustrophobia
Responded disproportionately to stimulus
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- sensationalizedMade more shocking than warranted
histrionic · overblown · melodramatic · frenzied · breathless · gushing · effusive · excitable
breathing
Pulmonary gas exchange
panting · respiration · tachypnea · dyspnea · alkalosis · chest · diaphragm · lungs · oxygen · dizziness
fear
Emotional response to threat
hysteria · frenzy · distress · anxiety · trembling · palpitations · sweating · suffocation · claustrophobia · disorientation
overreacted
Responded disproportionately to stimulus
- exaggeratedMade larger than reality
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
sensationalized · histrionic · overblown · melodramatic · frenzied · breathless · gushing · effusive · excitable · agitated
hyperventilatedrelaxed
Free of stress
calm · composed · tranquil · comfortable · serene
hyperventilatedunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
measured · restrained · subdued · muted · temperate
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