palpitating

The word “palpitating” has 4 syllables: pal-pi-ta-ting

It's pronounced as /ˈpæl.pɪˌteɪ.tɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for palpitating?

In the thesaurus, “palpitating” has 56 synonyms and 11 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for palpitating along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for palpitating

  • aquiver
  • aspen
  • atremble
  • beating
  • consonant
  • convulsive
  • cowardly
  • excited
  • fearful
  • fluctuating
  • jittery
  • nervous
  • oscillating
  • pit-a-patting
  • pitter-pattering
  • pulsating
  • pulsing
  • quaking
  • quaky
  • quavering
  • quavery
  • quivering
  • quivery
  • resonant
  • resounding
  • reverberant
  • ringing
  • rocky
  • shaking
  • shaky
  • shivering
  • shivery
  • shuddering
  • shuddery
  • sonorant
  • sonorous
  • staggery
  • throbbing
  • timid
  • timorous
  • tottering
  • tottery
  • trembling
  • trembly
  • tremulant
  • tremulous
  • twittery
  • unstable
  • unsteady
  • vibrating
  • wabbling
  • wabbly
  • wavering
  • wavery
  • wobbling
  • wobbly

Antonyms for palpitating

  • calm
  • colorless
  • controlled
  • dull
  • firm
  • pale
  • quiet
  • settled
  • stable
  • steady
  • unwavering

Meanings of palpitating

  • verb
    1. To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart.
    2. To cause to beat strongly or rapidly.
    3. To shake tremulously.

Example Sentences

  • With each step of the race, her heart was palpitating faster and faster.
  • The suspenseful movie had everyone's hearts palpitating with anticipation.
  • As he waited for the exam results, his heart was palpitating with anxiety.
  • The sight of the towering roller coaster had her heart palpitating in excitement.
  • The silence in the haunted house left them palpitating with fear at every creak and groan.

On this page you'll find 67 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to palpitating, such as: aquiver, aspen, atremble, beating, calm, colorless, consonant.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

fanning

  • abetting
  • activating
  • aggravating
  • angering
  • animating
  • annoying
  • arousing
  • banging
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  • beating
  • blasting
  • bothering
  • breathing
  • buffeting
  • driving
  • encouraging
  • energizing
  • enflaming
  • enraging
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  • exciting
  • fermenting
  • flailing
  • flapping
  • flickering
  • flicking
  • flitting
  • flopping
  • fluttering
  • fomenting
  • galling
  • galvanizing
  • getting
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  • impassioning
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  • inspiring
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  • irritating
  • jeering
  • kindling
  • knocking
  • maddening
  • motivating
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  • moving
  • oscillating
  • palpitating
  • piquing
  • pounding
  • provoking
  • puffing
  • pulsing
  • pumping up
  • quickening
  • raising
  • setting off
  • smacking
  • spanking
  • sparking
  • stimulating
  • stirring
  • swaying
  • swinging
  • taunting
  • teasing
  • throbbing
  • thumping
  • triggering
  • undulating
  • upsetting
  • vexing
  • vitalizing
  • waving
  • whipping
  • whisking

jerking

  • agitating
  • beating
  • blockhead
  • bounce
  • bucketing
  • bucking
  • bump
  • bumping
  • chattering
  • convulsing
  • dance
  • doddering
  • dolt
  • donkey
  • dope
  • dragging
  • dunce
  • fiddling
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  • fool
  • grab
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  • hitching
  • hoicking
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  • hurtle
  • idiot
  • imbecile
  • jackass
  • jigging
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  • jogging
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  • jolt
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  • jouncing
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  • lug
  • lugging
  • lurching
  • nitwit
  • numbskull
  • oscillating
  • pacing
  • palpitating
  • pit-a-patting
  • pitching
  • pitter-pattering
  • pluck
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  • pull
  • pulling
  • pulsating
  • pulsing
  • quake
  • quaking
  • quavering
  • quiver
  • quivering
  • ripping
  • rocking
  • seize
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  • shiver
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  • shrug
  • shuddering
  • simpleton
  • sling
  • snag
  • snatch
  • snatching
  • squiggling
  • squirming
  • staggering
  • swaying
  • swinging
  • tearing
  • thrashing
  • threshing
  • thrilling
  • throbbing
  • throw
  • thrust
  • tossing
  • trembling
  • tug
  • tugging
  • tweak
  • tweaking
  • twisting
  • twit
  • twitch
  • twitching
  • twittering
  • undulating
  • vellicate
  • vibrating
  • wabbling
  • wavering
  • waving
  • whisk
  • wiggle
  • wiggling
  • wobbling
  • wrench
  • wrenching
  • wrest
  • wresting
  • wriggle
  • wriggling
  • wring
  • wringing
  • writhing
  • yank
  • yanking

jiggling

joggling

jolting

  • affrighting
  • agitating
  • alarming
  • alaruming
  • amazing
  • appalling
  • astonishing
  • astounding
  • awesome
  • awful
  • awing
  • beating
  • befuddling
  • bewildering
  • blast
  • blindsiding
  • blow
  • bounce
  • bouncy
  • bowling over
  • breathtaking
  • bucketing
  • bucking
  • buffeting
  • bump
  • bumping
  • bumpy
  • chattering
  • chilling
  • clash
  • clout
  • collision
  • confounding
  • confusing
  • conspicuous
  • convulsing
  • convulsive
  • crack
  • crash
  • crushing
  • daunting
  • demoralizing
  • discomfiting
  • discomforting
  • discomposing
  • disconcerting
  • disgusting
  • dismaying
  • dispiriting
  • displeasing
  • disquieting
  • distressing
  • disturbing
  • doddering
  • dragging
  • dumbfounding
  • dumfounding
  • emasculating
  • extraordinary
  • eye-opening
  • fabulous
  • fitful
  • flabbergasting
  • flickering
  • flooring
  • fluctuating
  • flustering
  • fluttering
  • frightening
  • frighting
  • grabbing
  • heart-stopping
  • hit
  • hitching
  • hoicking
  • horrifying
  • impact
  • impressive
  • incomprehensible
  • inconceivable
  • incredible
  • injury
  • jar
  • jarring
  • jaw-dropping
  • jerking
  • jigging
  • jiggling
  • jogging
  • joggling
  • jolt
  • jounce
  • jouncing
  • juddering
  • knocking for a loop
  • lugging
  • lurching
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • miraculous
  • muddling
  • nauseating
  • nonplusing
  • nonplussing
  • notable
  • noticeable
  • offending
  • oscillating
  • outraging
  • outstanding
  • overpowering
  • overwhelming
  • palpitating
  • panicking
  • paroxysmal
  • perplexing
  • perturbing
  • phenomenal
  • pit-a-patting
  • pitching
  • pitter-pattering
  • plucking
  • portentous
  • pounding
  • prodigious
  • pulling
  • pulsating
  • pulsing
  • punch
  • quaking
  • quavering
  • quivering
  • rare
  • remarkable
  • repelling
  • revolting
  • ripping
  • rocking
  • rough
  • scandalizing
  • scarifying
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  • sensational
  • shaking
  • shaking up
  • shaky
  • shivering
  • shock
  • shocking
  • shuddering
  • sickening
  • singular
  • snatching
  • spasmodic
  • spectacular
  • spooking
  • staggering
  • startling
  • striking
  • stunning
  • stupefying
  • stupendous
  • sublime
  • surprising
  • swaying
  • swinging
  • tearing
  • terrifying
  • terrorizing
  • thrilling
  • throbbing
  • trauma
  • trembling
  • tremulous
  • tugging
  • turning off
  • tweaking
  • twitching
  • twitchy
  • unannounced
  • unanticipated
  • unbelievable
  • uncommon
  • uncontrollable
  • undoing
  • undulating
  • unexpected
  • unforeseen
  • unimaginable
  • unique
  • unlikely
  • unmanning
  • unnerving
  • unsettling
  • unstringing
  • unthinkable
  • unusual
  • unwonted
  • upsetting
  • vibrating
  • wabbling
  • wavering
  • waving
  • weirding out
  • wobbling
  • wonderful
  • wondrous
  • wrenching
  • wresting
  • wringing
  • yanking

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