throbbing
Beating with pain
Throbbing describes a rhythmic, pulsing sensation—typically pain that beats in time with the heartbeat: a throbbing headache, My thumb was throbbing where I'd hit it with the hammer.
The word extends to any strong, pulsating quality: throbbing bass, throbbing desire.
As a noun, throbbing is the sensation itself: I could feel the throbbing in my temples.
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- pulsatingBeating in rhythmic surges
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- percussionSound through impact
- tempoRate of musical performance
bassline · pounding · syncopation · groove · backbeat · downbeat · pulse · steady
Persistent dull discomfort
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- pulsingBeating with rhythm
stabbing · sharp · burning · excruciating · agonizing · piercing · shooting · gnawing
Arterial blood throb
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- cardiacPertaining to the heart
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- racingSpeed competition sport
hammering · tachycardia · artery · blood · circulation · chest · adrenaline · flutter
Intense wanting
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- arousalStirring to heightened state
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- longingIntense, persistent desire
passion · yearning · urgency · heat · erotic · sensual · craving · wanting
Rhythmic expansion and contraction
tremor · quiver · shudder · resonance · engine · motor · idling · machinery
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- pulsatingBeating in rhythmic surges
- drummingPercussive rhythm-making
- percussionSound through impact
tempo · bassline · pounding · syncopation · groove · backbeat · downbeat · pulse · steady · hypnotic
ache
Persistent dull discomfort
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- poundingForceful repeated striking
pulsing · stabbing · sharp · burning · excruciating · agonizing · piercing · shooting · gnawing · cramping
pulse
Arterial blood throb
racing · hammering · tachycardia · artery · blood · circulation · chest · adrenaline · flutter · heart
desire
Intense wanting
longing · passion · yearning · urgency · heat · erotic · sensual · craving · wanting · anticipation
pulsation
Rhythmic expansion and contraction
buzz · tremor · quiver · shudder · resonance · engine · motor · idling · machinery · reverberation
relentless
Continuing without pause
continuous · unrelenting · steady · unabating · nagging · chronic · recurring · unending · insistent · perpetual
throbbingunrhythmic
Lacking regular beat pattern
steady · still · arrhythmic · static · unrhythmical
- throbbing painDiscomfort that beats rhythmically