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/æsˈθmætɪk/ · adjective
Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough"..
The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.
Use asthmatic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Asthmatic means Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough"..
Common synonyms include unhealthy, wheezing, wheezy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.
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