athrob
/əˈθɹɒb/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Thou wondrous harper, that hast thrilled my heart, […] And made me all athrob with ecstasy,—"
- "The great test was on, whether such a nation could live, and Boston was athrob with love of country and eagerness to sacrifice."
- "[…] all the earth was blurred in darkness and the sky a-throb with starlight, for it was yet an hour until the rising of the moon."
- "I have my sore wound, all my length of arm a-throb with lancing pain;"
Etymology
From a- + throb.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: a