adj
Meaning 1
That increases the heartbeat rate, especially as a result of excitement or fear.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exciting, terrifying, absorbing, alacrifying, awesome, banging, bracing, compelling, distracting, dramatic, edge-of-the-seat, engrossing, electric, electrifying, enlivening, enthralling, exciteful, exhilarating, exhilarative, explosive, fascinating, hair-curling, hair-raising, heady, heart-pounding, heartstopping, heartswelling, intoxicating, gripping, impressive, inspiring, invigorating, jiggy, kicky, mind-blowing, moving, off the chain, pulse-pounding, pulsating, rip-roaring, riveting, rousing, sensational, shocking, sizzling, slam-bang, spine-tingling, startling, stimulating, stirring, stonking, thrilling, thrilly, warm, affreux, alarming, appalling, awful, eldritch, buggish, butt-clenching, buttock-clenching, dismayful, dreadful, fearful, flaysome, flesh-crawling, formidable, freaky, frightening, frightensome, frightful, ghastly, ghostly, grisly, horrible, horrid, horrific, horrifying, horripilating, scaring, scary, skin-crawling, terrible, terrorsome
Antonyms: boring, dull, uninteresting, banal, basic, beat, blah, commonplace, bland, cold, colourless, corny, drab, stuffy, dreich, drowsy, dull as dishwater, flat, heavy going, ho-hum, humdrum, insipid, lackluster, lame, languid, lifeless, longsome, monotonous, mundane, no fun at parties, plain, plodding, prosaic, prosy, pedantic, pedestrian, static, straightforward, snoozeworthy, soporific, tedious, uncool, wan, weaksauce, wooden, stodgy, vapid, vanilla