Heart-pounding

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing the heart to pound; dramatically exciting or shocking.

    "The anguish, the numb misery, of believing that his beloved, Kahlan had been executed, had evaporated in a heart-pounding instant the day before..."

Synonyms

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excitingexhilaratingpulse-pounding

Antonyms

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dreich

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"When I first met Anna, I felt that heart-pounding rush in my chest."

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heart-poundingly

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