pounding
Heavy repeated blows
Pounding is heavy, repeated striking—the physical act or its sound.
Your heart pounds when racing from fear or exertion.
A pounding headache throbs painfully.
To give someone a pounding is to beat them badly, whether in a fight or a competition: Our team took a pounding in the semifinals.
Pounding surf crashes against the shore.
Rhythmic painful pulsing
- pulsatingBeating in rhythmic surges
- racingSpeed competition sport
- palpitationIrregular heartbeat awareness
- thumpingHeavy, dull beating
beating · pulse · rapid · cardiac · flutter · hammering · rhythm · accelerated
Decisive, lopsided defeat
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- clobberingDefeating or striking decisively
- hammeringStriking repeatedly with force
walloping · thumping · whipping · lashing · slugging · drubbing · trouncing · assault
Extremely loud, resounding
- deafeningOverwhelmingly loud
- boomingExperiencing rapid growth
- resoundingEchoing loudly and fully
- bassDeep pitch or fish
thumping · blaring · earsplitting · reverberating · noise · music · speakers · subwoofer
Striking repeatedly with force
- rammingStriking with violent impact
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- slammingClosing with violent force
- smashingBritish slang for excellent
crushing · striking · driving · relentless · heavy · powerful · vigorous · intense
Rhythmic painful pulsing
- migraineSevere neurological head pain
- splittingDividing into parts
- blindingPainfully intense light
- tensionStretched or strained state
sinus · skull · temples · relentless · excruciating · debilitating · nagging · chronic
throbbing
Rhythmic painful pulsing
- pulsatingBeating in rhythmic surges
- racingSpeed competition sport
- palpitationIrregular heartbeat awareness
thumping · beating · pulse · rapid · cardiac · flutter · hammering · rhythm · accelerated · tachycardia
thrashing
Decisive, lopsided defeat
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- clobberingDefeating or striking decisively
hammering · walloping · thumping · whipping · lashing · slugging · drubbing · trouncing · assault · attack
thunderous
Extremely loud, resounding
- deafeningOverwhelmingly loud
- boomingExperiencing rapid growth
- resoundingEchoing loudly and fully
bass · thumping · blaring · earsplitting · reverberating · noise · music · speakers · subwoofer · vibrating
hammering
Striking repeatedly with force
- rammingStriking with violent impact
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- slammingClosing with violent force
smashing · crushing · striking · driving · relentless · heavy · powerful · vigorous · intense · violent
throbbing
Rhythmic painful pulsing
tension · sinus · skull · temples · relentless · excruciating · debilitating · nagging · chronic · severe
percussion
Sound through impact
bongo · conga · tom-tom · timpani · snare · bass drum · drumbeat · drumroll · drumline · beats
- factory soundshammering, drilling, clanking, grinding, welding
- pulsing motionsthrobbing, beating, pulsating, pumping, palpitating
- rhythmic soundsdrumbeat, heartbeat, ticking, clapping, tapping
- workshop soundshammering, sawing, drilling, sanding, grinding
- repeated hitspunches, jabs, drumming, hammering, tapping
- heart actionsbeating, pumping, pulsing, throbbing, racing
poundingtapping
Repeated light striking
patting · stroking · caressing · gentle touch · brushing
- pounding heartRapid forceful cardiac rhythm
- heart poundingIntense cardiac sensation
- pounding the pavementSearching for employment actively
- pounding headIntense rhythmic cranial pain
- fist pounding
- chest pounding