Pulse-pounding

Quick meaning: Pulse-pounding is an adjective meaning That increases the heartbeat rate, especially as a result of excitement or fear.

Meaning

That increases the heartbeat rate, especially as a result of excitement or fear.

Example Sentences

The superbly crafted suspense thriller that director Jonathan Demme has made from Thomas Harris's taut best-selling novel The Silence of the Lambs slams you like a sudden blast of bone-chilling, pulse-pounding terror.

Suddenly a great, dark shadow passed between the pulse-pounding blasts and my miry form. I saw in astonishment that Nekbael flew along the dim hallway on monstrous bat wings. The demon vampire ripped the pulse-pounding beamer from the hands of the evil pimp.

All the thrills, chills and spills of pulse-pounding sport adventure! […] 150,000 words of thrill-packed sports text gives you the pulse-pounding story … how the Big Ten grew from a small-time bunch of upstart Westerners into the nation's mightiest collegiate conference …

Kevin Williamson’s script justly deserves praise for its cleverness and tactic of treating the audience like it was in on the joke, but ultimately, it was [Wes] Craven’s ability to still deliver a pulse-pounding horror flick and ideal date movie that drove the film so far into the black.

Synonyms for pulse-pounding

Depending on context, synonyms include exciting, terrifying, absorbing, alacrifying, awesome, banging.

Antonyms for pulse-pounding

Common opposites include boring, dull, uninteresting, banal, basic, beat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heart-pounding, heart-throbbing, throbbing, pulsific, heartstopping, pulsative.

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