Palpitate

/ˈpælpɪteɪt/

Synonyms for "palpitate" (85 found)

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Closest matches (17)

beatbeat a rufflebeat a tattoobickerdancedrumfidgetflapflickflickerflipflip outflit

Strong matches (26)

flitterflopflutterfreak outfreak out onget high onglowgo pitapatgutterhave the fidgetshave the shakesheavejerkpantpatterpitter patterpitter-patterpoundpulsatepulse
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Related words (42)

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tingletingle with excitementtosstoss and turntrembletumbleturn onturn on totwist and turntwitchtwitterwavewaverwigglewrigglewrithe
Noun(1 words)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries
agitatebeatcardiac activityemotional responsephysiological processphysiological responsepoundshakethumptremble

More specific

6 entries
cardiac flutterheart racingquivershuddertachycardiatremor

Collocations

6 entries
palpitate during exertionpalpitate rapidlypalpitate under stresspalpitate with fearpalpitating heartbeatrapid heart palpitations

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

3 entries

similar

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Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.

Source: wiktionary

The allergy medicine palpitates my heart.

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I was now so bruised, so batter'd, so spent with this over-match, that I could hardly stir, or raise myself, but lay palpitating

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“Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”

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