Synonyms for Throbbing

Synonyms for "throbbing" (132 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Noun(4 words)

aching achy arrhythmia backachy barrage beat beating cadenced cadent clicking colicky didder disquiet disquietude dither dithers drumdrum musicdrumbeat drumfire

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drumming fidgetiness fidgets

Strong matches (39)

flutter fluttering full griping headachy heartbeat heartthrob heavingin numbersin rhythminquietude measured mellow metric metrical migrainous painful palpitant palpitation panting

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paradiddle patter pitapatpitter patterpitter-patter plangent pound pounding pulsatile pulsating pulsation

Noun(5 words)

pain pounding pulsate pulsating pulsation

Verb(3 words)

palpitated palpitating pulsated

Related words (66)

pulsative pulsatory pulse pulsing quaking quaver quavering quiver quiveringrat-a-tatrat-tatrat-tat-tatrataplan rattattoo resonant resonating restlessness rhythm rhythmic rhythmical

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Noun(5 words)

pulse pulsing rhythm soreness thudding

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

15 entries

beat discomfort heartbeat painpain descriptorperceptionphysiological phenomenonpulsation pulse sensationsensory descriptorsoundsound descriptorsymptomvibration descriptor

More specific

14 entries

arterial pulsationdrumbeat earache headache heartbeat migraine pulsethrobbing bassthrobbing beatthrobbing headachethrobbing humthrobbing migrainethrobbing toothachetoothache

Collocations

9 entries

constant throbbingintermittent throbbingthrobbing bassthrobbing headachethrobbing heartbeatthrobbing painthrobbing pulsethrobbing sensationthrobbing temple

Inflections

5 entries

more throbbingmost throbbingthrobbed throbbings throbs

Derivations

4 entries

throb throbbed throbbingly throbs

similar

2 entries

rhythmic rhythmical

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Her heart was throbbing with excitement.

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I feel listless and have a throbbing headache.

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I have a throbbing pain here.

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My finger is throbbing because I accidentally shut the car door on it.

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