pulsing
Beating in waves
Pulsing describes something that beats, throbs, or surges rhythmically.
A pulsing vein is visibly throbbing.
Pulsing music has a strong, driving beat.
Pain that comes in waves is pulsing: a pulsing headache behind my eyes.
The word suggests vitality and energy—a pulsing city, a pulsing nightclub.
Light can pulse: The cursor sat pulsing on the screen.
Rhythmic painful pulsing
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- pumpingForcing flow mechanically
- palpitatingBeating rapidly, irregularly
- cardiovascularOf heart and blood vessels
artery · vein · circulation · blood · systole · diastole · aorta · cardiac
Full of life, intensity
- aliveHaving current existence
- dynamicActive and changing
- surgingRising with sudden force
- coursingMoving swiftly through
electrifying · thrumming · buzzing · humming · charged · crackling · kinetic · vital
Giving off steady light
- flashingRepeated brief illumination
- flickeringShining unsteadily, intermittently
- strobingPulsing light effect
- blinkingEyelid opening and closing
throbbing · neon · LED · beacon · luminous · scintillating · twinkling · shimmering
Rhythmic painful pulsing
- achingExperiencing dull pain
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- hammeringStriking repeatedly with force
- stabbingWounding with a blade
pang · migraine · headache · toothache · inflammation · soreness · tender · smarting
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
downbeat · upbeat · groove · backbeat · meter · polyrhythm · ostinato · breakbeat
Sending of information
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
carrier · oscillating · beacon · radar · sonar · strobe · intermittent · blinking
throbbing
Rhythmic painful pulsing
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- pumpingForcing flow mechanically
- palpitatingBeating rapidly, irregularly
cardiovascular · artery · vein · circulation · blood · systole · diastole · aorta · cardiac · heart
vibrant
Full of life, intensity
coursing · electrifying · thrumming · buzzing · humming · charged · crackling · kinetic · vital · animated
glowing
Giving off steady light
- flashingRepeated brief illumination
- flickeringShining unsteadily, intermittently
- strobingPulsing light effect
blinking · throbbing · neon · LED · beacon · luminous · scintillating · twinkling · shimmering · fluorescent
throbbing
Rhythmic painful pulsing
- achingExperiencing dull pain
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- hammeringStriking repeatedly with force
stabbing · pang · migraine · headache · toothache · inflammation · soreness · tender · smarting · radiating
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
cadence · downbeat · upbeat · groove · backbeat · meter · polyrhythm · ostinato · breakbeat · drumming
transmission
Sending of information
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
- modulationVarying signals to transmit
amplitude · carrier · oscillating · beacon · radar · sonar · strobe · intermittent · blinking · flashing
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- bodily sensationspain, ache, tingling, burning, numbness
- body painache, aches, pain, pang, throb
- body reactionssweating, blushing, shiver, goosebumps, twitch
- intermittentintermittent, sporadic, periodic, on-off, discontinuous
- ongoing actionscontinuing, lasting, persisting, remaining, staying
pulsingstill
Unmoving, or continuing
motionless · stationary · static · unmoving · immobile
impulsive, repulsive, compulsion, compulsive, expulsion, repulsion, propulsion