I noted a throb of her pulse, and then I felt, as it were a dream, that the beautiful eyes of Ysidria opened and gazed at me but did not seem to see me.
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Throb
//θɹɑb//
Synonyms for "throb" (157 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (78)
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Noun(1 words)
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13 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
6 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
12 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
110 translations across 30 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- σκαρίζω verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- σκαρίζω verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
- σφύζω verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- σφύζω verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Arabic
4 entries- خَفَقان noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- خَفَقَان noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- خَفَقَ verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- خَفَقَ verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Bulgarian
4 entries- пулсиране noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- туптене noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- пулсирам verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
- тупкам verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 搏動 /搏动 verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Czech
4 entries- bušit verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- bušit verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
- bít verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- bít verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Dutch
4 entries- geklop noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- bonzen verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- kloppen verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- trillen verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Esperanto
1 entries- pulso noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
Finnish
4 entries- jyskytys noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- sykintä noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- tykytys noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- jyskyttää verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
French
4 entries- battement noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- pulsation noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- battre verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- battre verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Galician
3 entries- latexar verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- latexar verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
- palpitar verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
German
4 entries- Klopfen noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- Pochen noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- klopfen verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- klopfen verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Hungarian
2 entries- lüktetés noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- lüktet verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Irish
4 entries- buille noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- cuisle noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- frithbhuail verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
- preab verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Italian
4 entries- battito noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- palpito noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- pulsazione noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- battere verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
Japanese
4 entries- じんじんする verb (to pulse in time with the circulation of blood)
- どきどき verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- どきどきする verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
- ドキドキ verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- palpita verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- palpita verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Kapampángan
4 entries- karug-karug verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- katug verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- pintig verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- tugingtuging verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
Latin
1 entries- palpitō verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Māori
3 entries- kapakapa verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- panapana verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- whētuki verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- banke verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- banke verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
- dunke verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- slå verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Polish
1 entries- tętnić verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
Portuguese
3 entries- latejamento noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- latejar verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- pulsar verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Romanian
4 entries- palpitație noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- pulsație noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- vibrare noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- vibrație noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
Russian
4 entries- бие́ние noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- пульса́ция noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- би́ться verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- би́ться verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- plosg noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- plosgadh noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- plosg verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- plosg verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Slovak
2 entries- tĺcť verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- tĺcť verb (to vibrate or pulsate with a steady rhythm)
Spanish
2 entries- palpitar noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
- palpitar verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
Swedish
2 entries- bulta verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
- dunka verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
Vietnamese
1 entries- phập phồng verb (to pound or beat rapidly or violently)
Welsh
1 entries- curiad noun (beating, vibration or palpitation)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
My head began to throb.
Source: tatoeba (11826467)
The venom from the centipede's bite caused Miroslav's foot to throb with pain.
Source: tatoeba (11842126)
With a mighty throb of thankfulness and relief she felt the refluent blood stream to her heart once more.
Source: tatoeba (11942815)
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