to palpitate

Examples

• All

• Your heart is really palpitating.

  Hannibal (2001)

• He could feel his heart palpitating in his temple.

  Fiction book (1995)

• Don't you realize my heart starts to palpitate...

  Hardbodies (1984)

• His heart palpitated in his chest.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I cannot believe how my heart has begun palpitating over this.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I pick it up, my heart palpitating with anxiety.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Your heart is palpitating.

  Transcendence (2014)

• My heart palpitated in the sickness of fear, and I hurried on with irregular steps, not daring to look about me.

  Fiction book (2002)

• As the thrilling movie reached its climax, he could feel his heart palpitating in anticipation.

• After running up the stairs, her heart was palpitating from the effort.

Synonyms

T

to thump

vsto palpitate

10 3.5

To make strong regular beats you can feel in your chest

is rapid or irregular and often linked to strong emotion or illness, not steady

F

to flutter

vsto palpitate

8 4.4

To have the heart beat quickly and unevenly, often from excitement or nervousness

is stronger or more forceful and may be irregular rather than light

H

to heart quicken

vsto palpitate

1 5.2

To feel your heart beat faster from excitement, fear, or nervous waiting

involves faster beats that can be strong or irregular, not just simple speeding

Antonyms

C

calm

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

S

steady

304 2.0

Not changing over time and remaining the same

How Fast

to fibrillate

• Specialized

4 9.9

to flutter

8 4.4

to palpitate

1 8.0

to throb

8 3.1

beat

299 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology