Nearby Words
Throbbed
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pulsate, beat |
| Synonyms: | flutter, palpitate, pitpat, pound, pulse, resonate, thrill, thump, tingle, tremble, twitter, vibrate |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throb |
| Synonyms: | agitate, alternate, bob, bounce, buffet, flap, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, heave, jerk, jounce, oscillate, palpitate, pitch, pound, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, ripple, shake, shiver, swing, thrill, throb, thump, tremble, twitch, undulate, vibrate, writhe |
| Main Entry: | drum |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat, tap a beat |
| Synonyms: | boom*, pulsate, rap, reverberate, roar, strum, tattoo, throb, thrum, thunder* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flutter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wave rapidly, flap |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bat, beat, dance, drift, flicker, flit, flitter, flop, fluctuate, hover, lop, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, quaver, quiver, ripple, ruffle, shake, shiver, swing, throb, tremble, vibrate, wiggle, wobble |
| Main Entry: | heave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge with force; expel from digestive system by mouth |
| Synonyms: | billow, breathe, cast, dilate, disgorge, exhale, expand, gag, groan, huff, palpitate, pant, puff, puke, retch, rise, sign, sob, spew, spit up, surge, suspire, swell, throb, throw up, upchuck, vomit |
| Main Entry: | hum |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buzz, vibrate |
| Synonyms: | bombilate, bombinate, bum, bumble, croon, drone, moan, mumble, murmur, purr, rustle, sing, sing low, sound, strum, throb, thrum, trill, warble, whir, whisper, zoom |
| Main Entry: | hurt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause physical pain; experience pain |
| Synonyms: | abuse, ache, afflict, ail, be sore, be tender, belt, bite, blemish, bruise, burn, cramp, cut, cut up, damage, disable, do violence, flail, flog, harm, impair, injure, kick, lacerate, lash, maltreat, mar, maul, mess up, nip, pierce, pinch, pommel, prick, pummel, punch, puncture, punish, rough up, shake up, slap, slug, smart, spank, spoil, squeeze, stab, sting, tear, throb, torment, torture, total, trouble, wax, whack, whip, wing, wound, wrack up, wring |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, assuage, cure, heal, help, relieve, remedy, soothe |
| Main Entry: | pain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, trouble |
| Synonyms: | ache, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, anguish, annoy, bite, chafe, chasten, constrain, convulse, cut to the quick, discomfort, disquiet, distress, exasperate, excruciate, gall, grieve, gripe, harass, harm, harrow, hit where one lives, hurt, inflame, injure, irk, irritate, nick, prick, punish, rack, rile, sadden, smart, sting, strain, stress, suffer, throb, tingle, torment, torture, upset, vex, worry, wound |
| Notes: | a pain is something that hurts; an ache is a prolonged dull pain a pain is something that hurts as a consequence of injury, disease, or emotional disorder; a pane is a sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, assuage, help, please |
| Main Entry: | palpitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beat at a rapid pace, like a heart |
| Synonyms: | flutter, pitpat, pitter-patter, pound, pulsate, pulse, quiver, shiver, throb, tremble, vibrate |
| Antonyms: | be still |
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