Then suddenly he slapped his thigh in a paroxysm of amusement.
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Paroxysm
/ˈpæɹəksɪz(ə)m/
Synonyms for "paroxysm" (175 found)
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Noun(5 words)
abdominal epilepsyaccessacquired epilepsyactivated epilepsyacute painaffect epilepsyaffectionakinetic epilepsyamokapoplexyarrestattackautonomic epilepsybiteblazeblockadeblockageboring painbreakupburst
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cardiac epilepsycat fitcataclysmcharley horseclimaxclonic spasmclonusconniptionconniption fitconvulsion
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cortical epilepsycrampcrampscrickcursive epilepsycyclonedarting paindiastrophismdisasterdiurnal epilepsyduck fitearthquakeeclampsiaecstasyepilepsiaepilepsia graviorepilepsia majorepilepsia minorepilepsia mitiorepilepsia nutans
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ictusirruptionjacksonian epilepsyjumping painkinklancinating painlarval epilepsylaryngeal epilepsylaryngospasmlatent epilepsylockjawmatutinal epilepsymenstrual epilepsymurderous insanitymusicogenic epilepsymyoclonous epilepsynipnocturnal epilepsyocclusionorgasm
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outbreakoutburstoverthrowpangpassionpetit malphysiologic epilepsypinchprickpsychic epilepsypsychokinesiapsychomotor epilepsyquakeragereflex epilepsyrolandic epilepsyrotatoriaseizuresensory epilepsyserial epilepsysexual climaxsharp painshootshootingshooting painshudderspasmspellstabstabbing painstitchstoppagestormstroketantrumtardy epilepsytemblortemper tantrumtempesttetanustetanythrillthroethroesthromboembolismthrombosistidal wavetonic epilepsytonic spasmtormentornadotorsion spasmtraumatic epilepsytrismustsunamitweaktwingetwitchucinate epilepsyupheavalvisitationwaxwhirlwindwrench
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25 total sentences available.
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.
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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.
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Againe; I feare a paroxiſme.
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