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palpitated

verb

past tense of palpitate
as in throbbed
to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner the man's heart began to palpitate, and he feared another attack was coming on

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palpitated
  1. throbbed
  2. vibrated
  3. pulsed
Verb
  • My knee throbbed from hitting the rocks and the questions filled my head.
    — Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • There have been plenty of times when my feet throbbed after hours of sightseeing.
    — Destinee Scott, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2026
Definition of throbbed
Verb
  • And the universal consciousness of light that vibrated at my frequency is what saved me.
    — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Phones across the Pirriwee Peninsula vibrated ecstatically with the ping-ping-ping of parent WhatsApp group notifications.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of vibrated
Verb
  • In September, the company deployed a new 50 MW pulsed-power subsystem, a five-fold increase in power capability built on its MEGA platform.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
  • High-energy dance music pulsed from huge speakers around the field as the Manchester City players warmed up before a session at the Etihad Campus.
    — Greg O'Keeffe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of pulsed
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“Palpitated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palpitated. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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