heart-stopping

A form of heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.

Meanings

adjectiveheart-stopping (comparative more heart-stopping, superlative most heart-stopping)

comparative more heart-stopping · superlative most heart-stopping

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of heartstopping.
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