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verb | noun throbthrob1 /θrɑb/ verb (throbbed, throbbing) [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYthrob1Origin: 1300-1400 Probably from the sound VERB TABLEthrob |
Present | I, you, we, they | throb | | he, she, it | throbs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | throbbed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have throbbed | | he, she, it | has throbbed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had throbbed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will throb | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have throbbed |
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Present | I | am throbbing | | he, she, it | is throbbing | | you, we, they | are throbbing | Past | I, he, she, it | was throbbing | | you, we, they | were throbbing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been throbbing | | he, she, it | has been throbbing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been throbbing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be throbbing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been throbbing |
► throb with pain His hand began to throb with pain. THESAURUSfeel pain► hurt to feel pain in a part of your body: My feet hurt. It hurts when I try to move my leg. ► be sore to feel a dull pain in a muscle because it has been injured or used more than usual: I’m always sore the day after I work out at the gym. ► be tender to feel slightly sore or painful when touched: Her knee feels tender where she banged it. ► ache to feel a continuous pain: My back was aching. ► throb to feel pain that gets stronger and weaker in a repeated way: She held her throbbing hand under the cold water. ► burn to hurt with hot pain in your eyes, throat, or skin: Angela had a headache and her throat was burning. ► sting to hurt with a sudden sharp pain in your eyes, throat, or skin: My eyes were stinging from sweat and sunscreen. the feeling you have when part of your body hurts► painthe feeling you have when part of your body hurts: An ear infection can cause a lot of pain. He felt a sharp pain in his leg. ► ache pain that continues without stopping, especially one that is not very bad: Josh had a dull ache in his back from moving boxes all day. ► soreness pain in a part of your body that you have used too much or that is infected: When you exercise, your muscles produce lactic acid, and it is this that causes muscle soreness. ► tenderness pain that you feel in a part of your body when it is touched, because it is injured or infected: The medication will help with the swelling and tenderness in your foot. ► twinge a pain that only lasts a short time: Carla felt a twinge in her back as she bent over. ► discomfort formal slight painful or unpleasant feelings in your body: Women who are eight or nine months pregnant often suffer discomfort that prevents them from sleeping. ► throbbing a pain or pressure that comes and goes away in a regular pattern, like the beating of your heart: The throbbing in his ankle was getting slightly better. ► suffering a long period of mental or physical pain that does not go away: When an animal is so sick that it cannot get better, it is best to let it die and end its suffering. ► agony extremely bad pain: During the Civil War, many patients had to suffer through the agony of surgery without anesthetic. 1if a part of your body throbs, you get a regular feeling of pain in it: His hand began to throb with pain.► see thesaurus at hurt12if music or a machine throbs, it makes a sound with a strong regular beat3if your heart throbs, it beats faster or more strongly than usual—throbbing adjective: a throbbing headache—throbbing noun [singular, uncountable]► see thesaurus at pain1 verb | noun throbthrob2 noun [countable] a low strong regular beat or pain → see also heartthrob |