Paroxysm

//ˈpæɹəksɪz(ə)m//

Synonyms for "paroxysm" (193 found)

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Translations

81 translations across 39 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • παροξυσμός noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • παροξυσμός noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Arabic

1 entries
  • نَوْبَة noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Armenian

2 entries
  • նոպա noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • պարոքսիզմ noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • пароксизъм noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • пристъп noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • пръстъп noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Catalan

2 entries
  • paroxisme noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • paroxisme noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Czech

3 entries
  • nával noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • nával noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • záchvat noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Danish

1 entries
  • paroxysme noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • paroksismo noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • paroksismo noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kohtaus noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • kohtaus noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • purkaus noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • purkaushuippu noun (violent occurrence of a natural phenomenon; most explosive event during a series of volcanic eruptions)

French

2 entries
  • paroxysme noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • paroxysme noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Georgian

2 entries
  • პაროქსიზმი noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • შეტევა noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

German

2 entries
  • Paroxysmus noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • Paroxysmus noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Greek

2 entries
  • παροξυσμός noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • παροξυσμός noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • פרוקסיזום noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • kitörés noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • roham noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Ido

1 entries
  • paroxismo noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • paroksismal noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Irish

2 entries
  • néal noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • taom noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Italian

4 entries
  • acme noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • parossismo noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • parossismo noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • raptus noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • пароксизм noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Korean

1 entries
  • 발작 noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • пароксизам noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Middle Armenian

1 entries
  • նոպայ noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Old Irish

1 entries
  • recht noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Polish

3 entries
  • paroksyzm noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • paroksyzm noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • przystęp noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • paroxismo noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • paroxismo noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Romanian

1 entries
  • paroxism noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Russian

4 entries
  • парокси́зм noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • парокси́зм noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • при́ступ noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • припа́док noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • वेग noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Scots

2 entries
  • thraw noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • thraw noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • paroksìzam noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • paroksìzam noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • пaроксѝзaм noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • пароксѝзам noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • parussìsimu noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • parussìsimu noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Slovene

1 entries
  • paroksizem noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Spanish

2 entries
  • paroxismo noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • paroxismo noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Swedish

1 entries
  • paroxysm noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • bidbíd noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • bugso noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • bugso noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • bulalas noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)

Udi

2 entries
  • замару noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • заморой noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • пароксизм noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Welsh

3 entries
  • ffit noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)
  • ffit noun (sudden outburst of violent activity or feeling)
  • pwl noun (period (especially one of several recurring periods) during the course of an illness when symptoms worsen; sudden attack of a disease symptom)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

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Then suddenly he slapped his thigh in a paroxysm of amusement.

Source: tatoeba (6310024)

Here they found the unfortunate girl seated, or rather couched like a hare upon its form—her head-gear dishevelled, her night-clothes torn and dabbled with blood, her eyes glazed, and her features convulsed into a wild paroxysm of insanity.

Source: tatoeba (7760875)

The young man's immersion seemed of great satisfaction to the blacksmith, whose buffalo-horn-like mustaches jiggled convulsively in a paroxysm of silent mirth.

Source: tatoeba (11815384)

Againe; I feare a paroxiſme.

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