heart skips
Beat goes missing
Heart skips describes the sensation when your heart seems to miss a beat or flutter momentarily—typically from surprise, fear, or sudden attraction.
The phrase usually appears as my heart skipped a beat or made my heart skip: When I saw the test results, my heart skipped.
It captures that brief physical jolt of intense emotion.
- flutterRapid light movement
- palpitationIrregular heartbeat awareness
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- pulseArterial blood throb
- startleFrighten suddenly
taken aback · thrill · gasp · breathless · lovesick · love at first sight · butterflies · jolt · miss · stammer · swoon · weak in the knees · crush · nervous · anticipation · chest · arrhythmia · shock
heart skipsunmoved
Not stirred physically/emotionally
indifference · unexcited · blasé · unfazed · equanimity
heart skipsunmoved
Not stirred physically/emotionally
unaffected · calm · indifferent · unfazed · emotionally flat
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