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heartstopping

heartstopping adjective: very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.

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

Synonyms of heartstopping

Forms of heartstopping

comparativemore heartstopping
superlativemost heartstopping
alternative formheart-stopping

Origin of heartstopping

From heart + stopping.

Words formed from heartstopping

Questions about heartstopping

What does heartstopping mean?
Heartstopping means very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
What part of speech is heartstopping?
Heartstopping is an adjective.

Words near heartstopping in the dictionary

  1. heartsore
  2. heartsores
  3. heartspent
  4. heartstopper
  5. heartstoppers
  6. heartstopping
  7. heartstoppingly
  8. heartstricken
  9. heartstring
  10. heartstrings
  11. heartstruck

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