heart-throbbing

English

Adjective

heart-throbbing (not comparable)

1. With the heart beating quickly from exertion or emotional reaction to a situation.
   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 217:

     [A]t first the slightest suggestion of approach drove us into the scullery in heart-throbbing retreat.