racing pulse
Heart beating fast
A racing pulse is a heartbeat that feels unusually fast, often from exertion, fear, or excitement.
The phrase appears frequently in descriptions of anxiety or anticipation: My pulse was racing as I waited for the results.
A racing pulse can signal medical concern or simply heightened emotion.
- heartbeatRhythmic cardiac contraction
- heart poundingIntense cardiac sensation
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- adrenalineEmergency response hormone
- fight or flightThreat-triggered physiological state
throbbing · anxiety · excitement · flutter · chest · panic · rush · quickening · breathless · nervous · on edge · cold sweat · thumping · heart · fear · anticipation · sweating · trembling
- body reactionssweating, blushing, shiver, goosebumps, twitch
- body responsesfight, flight, shivering, freeze, goosebumps
- workout effectssweating, sweat, breathlessness, muscle soreness, soreness
- shiversshiver, shivers, shudder, tremble, trembling
- vascular responsesvasodilation, vasoconstriction, flushing, blushing, pallor
racing pulseslow pulse
Low heart rate
slow heartbeat · bradycardia · resting heart rate · weak pulse
racing pulserelaxed state
Condition of being calm
inner calm · calm · relaxation · tranquility · composure
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