heart-pounding
Adjective
Meaning
heart-pounding (comparative more heart-pounding, superlative most heart-pounding)
Causing the heart to pound; dramatically exciting or shocking.
Synonyms
Examples
Alberto Ginastera’s Harp Concerto, Op. 25. Ginastera was an Argentine composer born in 1916, and this work is both heart-pounding and romantic.
A heart-pounding new red-band trailer and poster have been released for 'I Saw the Devil', a new Korean thriller from director Ji-woon Kim (The Good, the Bad, the Weird).
A heart-pounding true story that weaves together the history of coffee, the ongoing Yemeni civil war, and the courageous journey of a young man--a Muslim and a US citizen--following the most American of dreams.
The early 2017 title brought the series back to its heart-pounding horror roots, choosing to focus on ambiance and atmospheric tension over the action-heavy combat in recent entries.
A heart-pounding history of tragedy at sea.
★★★★★ The house of nightmares unleashes its mind-bending horrors in this heart-pounding novel of the supernatural from New York Times bestselling author Douglas Clegg.