heartthrob

[ hahrt-throb ]

/ ˈhɑrtˌθrɒb /

a rapid beat or pulsation of the heart.

a passionate or sentimental emotion.

sweetheart.

Origin of heartthrob

First recorded in 1840–50; heart + throb

Fame came with ER in the mid-1990s and Clooney's role as heart-throb doctor Doug Ross.

Clooney: A Constant Charmer at the Altar |Tim Teeman |September 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Haleemamy 74 sleep and waking, night and day of my desiring soul, my thought and heart-throb!

Every Man for Himself |Norman Duncan
We cannot tell you why we live—let us be glad that our life is music through every heart-throb!

The Continental Monthly, Volume V. Issue I |Various
She had arrived at the age of seventeen, and to my certain knowledge had never felt the first heart-throb; never had been in love.

Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 |Various

When he had seen her last she had not caused one heart-throb, he was almost indifferent to her.

The Everlasting Arms |Joseph Hocking
For journey the shortest distance may seem when every inch means a heart-throb and one grows old in traversing a foot.

Masterpieces of Mystery In Four Volumes |Various

heart-throb

an object of infatuation

a heart beat