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/ˈpælpɪteɪt/ · verb
(intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart..
When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.
The allergy medicine palpitates my heart.
I was now so bruised, so batter'd, so spent with this over-match, that I could hardly stir, or raise myself, but lay palpitating
“Two or three months more went by ; the public were eagerly awaiting the arrival of this semi-exotic claimant to an English peerage, and sensations, surpassing those of the Tichbourne case, were looked forward to with palpitating interest.[…]”
Use palpitate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Palpitate means (intransitive) To beat strongly or rapidly; said especially of the heart..
Common synonyms include flutter, pound, throb, thump.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
When he just looks at me, my heart begins to palpitate with excitement.
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