to palpitate

Examples

• All

• After running up the stairs, I could feel my heart palpitate in my chest.

• We gonna palpitate!

  Norbit (2007)

• She sends an arm under the covers, palpitates the bump.

  Fiction book (2000)

• "Every lady," singing and taunting, "makes me palpitate—a desire I can't explain..."

  Fiction book (1998)

• When she saw him walk through the door, her heart began to palpitate with excitement.

Synonyms

T

to thump

vsto palpitate

10 3.5

To make strong regular beats you can feel in your chest

causes faster and more forceful beats rather than slow heavy beats

T

to throb

vsto palpitate

8 3.1

To beat or pulse strongly, often with pain and strong feeling

causes rapid strong beats rather than a steady regular pulse

F

to flutter

vsto palpitate

8 4.4

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

causes rapid strong beats that are regular and forceful rather than irregular

H

to heart quicken

vsto palpitate

1 5.2

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

causes the same faster and stronger beating rather than happening on its own

Antonyms

S

to stabilize

• US

75 4.3

To become steady and stop changing

C

calm

52 1.0

A quiet, peaceful feeling that helps you stay steady

How Strong

to overwhelm

164 4.4

to palpitate

1 8.1

to excite

331 2.7

to stir

131 3.7

to startle

131 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology