heart pounding
Chest thumping hard
Heart pounding describes the sensation of feeling your own heartbeat forcefully, usually from physical exertion, fear, or intense emotion.
The phrase works as both a description and a modifier: My heart was pounding or a heart-pounding chase scene.
Heart-pounding experiences are thrilling or terrifying—anything that gets the adrenaline going.
- racingSpeed competition sport
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- pulseArterial blood throb
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
excitement · fear · chest · breathless · anticipation · bated breath · edge of seat · rush · flutter · near miss · hammering · blood · panic · jump scare · thumping · heartbeat · anxious · nervous wreck
- hypoglycemiablood sugar crash, sugar crash, glucose, insulin shock, hypoglycemic
- panicpanic attack, alarm, terror, fright, hysteria
- thrillsroller coasters, thrill, adrenaline, skydiving, bungee jump
- workout effectssweating, sweat, breathlessness, muscle soreness, soreness
- anxiety signspanic, nervousness, worry, worrying, trembling
- Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
heart poundingcalm
Free from agitation
relaxed · at rest · resting heart rate · tranquil · serene
heart poundingnonchalant
Calmly unconcerned
blasé · indifferent · apathetic · unmoved · unperturbed
heart, pounding, hearts, hearted, heartless, heartfelt, sweetheart, hearty, heartily