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throbbing

[throb-ing] / ˈθrɒb ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
aching
Synonyms
STRONGEST
hurting nagging sore
STRONG
raw smarting stinging tender
WEAK
achy hurtful
Antonyms
STRONG
experienced healthy
ADJECTIVE
achy
Synonyms
WEAK
aching hurtful hurting nagging raw smarting sore stinging tender
ADJECTIVE
jumping
Synonyms
STRONG
active animated beating bouncing bounding dynamic hopping hurdling irregular leaping pulsating quaking quivering shaking skipping springing trembling
WEAK
buoyant lively unsteady vibrant
Antonyms
STRONG
inactive
ADJECTIVE
nagging
Synonyms
STRONGEST
aching agonizing excruciating grievous inflamed severe terrible troublesome
STRONG
biting burning distressing harrowing hurting irritated piercing saddening smarting stinging tender tormenting trying
WEAK
achy afflictive arduous awful caustic difficult dire disagreeable distasteful dreadful extreme extremely bad hard hurtful laborious raw sensitive sharp sore tedious uncomfortable unpleasant vexatious
Antonyms
STRONGEST
easy good helpful nice pleasant
STRONG
mild
ADJECTIVE
painful
Synonyms
STRONGEST
agonizing arduous awful difficult dire distasteful distressing excruciating hard harrowing heart-wrenching hurtful severe tedious terrible troublesome uncomfortable unpleasant
WEAK
aching afflictive biting burning caustic disagreeable dreadful extreme extremely bad grievous hurting inflamed irritated laborious piercing raw saddening sensitive sharp smarting sore stinging tender tormenting trying vexatious
Antonyms
STRONGEST
agreeable calm easy facile friendly good great helpful mild nice pleasant pleasing simple wonderful
WEAK
delightful painless
ADJECTIVE
plangent
Synonyms
WEAK
beating booming clangorous consonant deep deep-toned earsplitting echoing electrifying enhanced full heightened intensified loud mellow noisy orotund powerful profound pulsating pulsing resounding reverberant reverberating rich ringing roaring rotund round sonorant sonorous stentorian strident thrilling thundering thunderous vibrant
ADJECTIVE
resonant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
mellow profound rich ringing sonorous thrilling
WEAK
beating booming clangorous consonant deep deep-toned earsplitting echoing electrifying enhanced full heightened intensified loud noisy orotund plangent powerful pulsating pulsing resounding reverberant reverberating roaring round sonorant stentorian strident thundering thunderous
Antonyms
WEAK
faint quiet
ADJECTIVE
resounding
Synonyms
STRONGEST
earsplitting electrifying emphatic forceful loud ringing roaring thrilling thundering thunderous
STRONG
beating booming echoing enhanced full heightened intensified mellow pulsating pulsing reverberating round
WEAK
clangorous consonant deep deep-toned noisy orotund plangent powerful profound reverberant rich rotund sonorant sonorous stentorian strident vibrant
Antonyms
STRONG
incomplete
ADJECTIVE
ringing
Synonyms
STRONGEST
booming earsplitting echoing loud resounding roaring sonorous strident thundering thunderous
STRONG
beating consonant deep electrifying enhanced full heightened intensified mellow pulsating pulsing reverberating rich round thrilling
WEAK
clangorous deep-toned noisy orotund plangent powerful profound reverberant rotund sonorant stentorian vibrant
Antonyms
STRONGEST
low soft
STRONG
incomplete needy weak
ADJECTIVE
smarting
Synonyms
STRONG
aching agonizing biting burning caustic distressing excruciating extreme harrowing hurting inflamed irritated nagging piercing raw saddening sensitive sharp sore stinging tender tormenting trying
WEAK
achy afflictive arduous awful difficult dire disagreeable distasteful dreadful extremely bad grievous hard hurtful laborious severe tedious terrible troublesome uncomfortable unpleasant vexatious
Antonyms
STRONG
bland calm experienced good healthy kind low mild moderate nice pleasant pleasing soothing unfeeling
NOUN
ache
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anguish misery pang soreness spasm twinge
STRONG
hurt pounding suffering throb throe
Antonyms
WEAK
comfort ease health relief
NOUN
pulse
Synonyms
STRONGEST
vibration
STRONG
beating oscillation pulsation stroke throb
NOUN
vibration
Synonyms
STRONGEST
fluctuation oscillation pulse reverberation tremor
STRONG
beating pulsation quake quiver resonance shake shimmy throb trembling vacillation wave wavering
WEAK
judder
Antonyms
WEAK
stillness

Example Sentences

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Set to a throbbing synth bassline, the song teases fans by interpolating a line from her 1980s classic Into The Groove: "Out here on the dance floor, I feel so free."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The song holds next to none of the grinding desire throbbing through most of The Artist’s oeuvre.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2026

So what to do about your underwhelming past lovers, your Pisces Venusian yearning, your throbbing heart, your efforts to prepare yourself to love from the most whole place you possibly can?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

The plastic symmetry of “Battleship Potemkin,” its humanity, and its throbbing power still command respect, and Sergei Eisenstein endures as the finest film editor the world has seen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

The tingling and the throbbing headache raged out of control in one powerful surge, like a giant wave crashing on a beach and wiping out the sand castle you worked on all day.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

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