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athrob

/əˈθɹɒb/

athrob adjective: throbbing.

Adjective

athrob (not comparable)

  1. Throbbing.
    • Thou wondrous harper, that hast thrilled my heart, […]
      And made me all athrob with ecstasy,—1858, Martin Farquhar Tupper, Alfred, Westminster, act V, page 50
    • The great test was on, whether such a nation could live, and Boston was athrob with love of country and eagerness to sacrifice.1911, James Oppenheim, chapter 4, in The Nine-Tenths, New York: Harper, pages 57–58

athrob meaning in Tamil

athrob in Tamil

துடித்துக்கொண்டு

Origin of athrob

From a- + throb.

Words that rhyme with athrob

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Questions about athrob

What does athrob mean?
Athrob means throbbing.
What is athrob in Tamil?
Athrob in Tamil is துடித்துக்கொண்டு. See Athrob meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is athrob?
Athrob is an adjective.
How do you pronounce athrob?
Athrob is pronounced /əˈθɹɒb/.

Words near athrob in the dictionary

  1. athrepsia
  2. athrepsy
  3. athreptic
  4. athresia
  5. athrill
  6. athrob
  7. athrocyte
  8. athrocytes
  9. athrocytic
  10. athrocytosis
  11. athrodesis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: athrob (page history and authors); athrob (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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