sb's heart/mind/pulse races
Definition
› If your heart/mind/pulse races it works extremely fast because of excitement, drugs, illness, etc.: She was hot and sweaty and had a racing heart. A glimpse of his bare torso set my pulse racing.Excited, interested and enthusiastic
(Definition of sb's heart/mind/pulse races from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -mad suffix
- aflame adjective
- aflutter adjective
- agog adjective
- all of a flutter idiom
- animated adjective (ENERGETIC)
- anxious adjective (EAGER)
- elated adjective
- engrossed adjective
- enthusiastic adjective
- entranced adjective
- evangelical adjective (OPINIONS)
- fevered adjective (EXCITED)
- go-ahead adjective
- heartily adverb (ENTHUSIASTIC)
- intoxicated adjective
- keyed up adjective
- kid noun (CHILD)
- make (all) the right, correct, etc. noises idiom
- zestful adjective
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