Antonyms for palpitate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : pal-pi-teyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpæl pɪˌteɪt

Definition of palpitate

Origin : 1620s, from Latin palpitatus, past participle of palpitare "to throb, flutter" (see palpitation). Related: Palpitated; palpitating.

verb beat at a rapid pace, like a heart

Example sentences :

Nor was his the only heart whom that cheery sound caused to palpitate.
Extract from : « A Dog with a Bad Name » by Talbot Baines Reed

He had no right to palpitate over the picture of an unknown beauty.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930 » by Various

The air seemed to palpitate with these new and agitating feelings.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XI.--April, 1851--Vol. II. » by Various

My heart began to palpitate with dread of some unknown danger.
Extract from : « Wieland; or The Transformation » by Charles Brockden Brown

It seems to palpitate with a fragrance that ravishes the senses.
Extract from : « Alaska » by Ella Higginson

Those were terrible moments for him; but the hearts of the boys did not palpitate.
Extract from : « The Secret Chamber at Chad » by Evelyn Everett-Green

He could feel her palpitate softly against him, and a tenderness like a warm pool was collecting in his heart.
Extract from : « The Trimming of Goosie » by James Hopper

Si easily divined his thoughts, for something of the same nature had already caused his own heart to palpitate in a reproving way.
Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 1 (of 6) » by John McElroy

A day when the very air, steaming up from the earth, seems to palpitate with the heat.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Vols. I to III » by Cuthbert Bede

The air of the sleeping-chamber seemed to palpitate with the hopeless passion of the girls.
Extract from : « Tess of the d'Urbervilles » by Thomas Hardy

Synonyms for palpitate

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