throbs
Pulses with intensity
Throbs is the verb form of throb—to pulse or beat with a strong, rhythmic motion.
A heart throbs, a wound throbs with pain, music throbs through speakers.
The noun throb is a single pulse or beat: the throb of the engine, a throb of desire.
Throb often carries erotic undertones, especially in romance writing: Her heart throbbed when he entered the room.
Persistent dull discomfort
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- yearningIntense prolonged craving
- desireIntense wanting
- passionIntense emotional drive
heartache · anguish · grief · sorrow · love · jealousy · excitement · anticipation
Arterial blood throb
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- pumpingForcing flow mechanically
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
palpitation · flutter · racing · thumping · hammering · cardiovascular · artery · circulation
ache
Persistent dull discomfort
passion · heartache · anguish · grief · sorrow · love · jealousy · excitement · anticipation · anxiety
pulse
Arterial blood throb
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
- pumpingForcing flow mechanically
rhythm · palpitation · flutter · racing · thumping · hammering · cardiovascular · artery · circulation · blood
bass
Deep pitch or fish
pulsing · drumming · bassline · tempo · groove · vibration · club · dance · electronic · subwoofer
aching
Experiencing dull pain
- poundingForceful repeated striking
- sorenessTender, painful sensation
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
inflammation · swelling · headache · migraine · toothache · wound · injury · bruise · dull · sharp
- hurtsaches, burns, cuts, wounds, injures
- fluctuationsfluctuations, oscillations, variations, swings, waves
- throbbing painDiscomfort that beats rhythmically