spasm

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of SPASM

a painful sudden tightening of a muscle <he suffers terribly from back spasms>

Synonyms charley horse, crick, kink, spasm

Related Words contraction, jerk, pang, stitch, twinge, twitch

a sudden intense expression of strong feeling <a spasm of love that he had never experienced before>

Synonyms agony, blaze, burst, ebullition, eruption, explosion, fit, flare, flare-up, flash, flush, gale, gush, gust, paroxysm, spasm, storm

Related Words blowup, grouch, rage, tantrum; ecstasy, rapture, transport; delirium, firestorm, frenzy, furor

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