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throbbing

throbbing

1 4.3
Beating strongly and regularly so you can hear or feel it
  • adjective
  • /ˈθrɑbɪŋ/
translation icon : palpitante
  • Look at you with your throbbing lines and pulsing buttocks.

So he's in darkness with throbbing pain for years.

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Examples

  • I had this image of a big, powerful, throbbing train... plunging into a long, dark, wet tunnel.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • It was just like a dull throbbing pain shooting down the arm and you had no feeling in your hand or your SO I knew it was serious.

  • Sensation: raw, throbbing, primitive, healthy.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • So he's in darkness with throbbing pain for years.

  • And I, I look at it and now the, the knee is like swollen and throbbing and I can barely do anything with it.

  • Hank, on top of the world, leans over and lets out a long, throbbing wail which brings the house down: HANK

    Fiction book (1990)
  • I've personally never once not looked in the mirror and had a full throbbing, raging boner.

  • By the time the tribes finally merge, Melty will be a bloody, infected, throbbing, pus-filled wreck!

    Blog text (13)
  • They believe skin mags: people are genitals—huge, hard, throbbing, Wesson-oiled genitals—whose only purpose is pleasure.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • After running for an hour, I was left with a throbbing pain in my legs.

Antonyms

52 1.0

A quiet, peaceful feeling that helps you stay steady

38 3.5

A time of complete quiet and no movement that feels calm

How Intense

hammering
12 2.8
throbbing
1 4.3
pounding
72 2.9

Surface Forms

throbbing positive

Morphology

throbbing = throb (transparent) = throb + ing

The adjective is the present-participial formation from the verb 'throb' describing an ongoing or intense pulsating sensation; this is a standard, transparent derivation.

Etymology

Throbbing comes from the old English verb throb, meaning 'to beat' like your heart. That's why a 'throbbing' pain or feeling is like a strong, regular pulse you can feel in your body.