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heart-stopping

heart-stopping is the alternative spelling of heartstopping.

Meaning of heartstopping

Adjective

heartstopping (comparative more heartstopping, superlative most heartstopping)

  1. Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
    Synonyms:
    breathtaking

Forms of heart-stopping

comparativemore heart-stopping
superlativemost heart-stopping

Words formed from heart-stopping

Questions about heart-stopping

What is heart-stopping the alternative spelling of?
Heart-stopping is the alternative spelling of heartstopping.

Words near heart-stopping in the dictionary

  1. heart-spent
  2. heart-splitting
  3. heart-stirring
  4. heart-stopper
  5. heart-stoppers
  6. heart-stopping
  7. heart-stoppingly
  8. heart-throbbing
  9. heart-thumping
  10. heart-to-heart
  11. heart-to-hearts

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