I feel a sort of spasm in my left leg.
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Spasm
/ˈspæz.m̩/
Synonyms for "spasm" (348 found)
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Closest matches (70)
Noun(5 words)
Suffix(1 words)
-ismus
abdominal epilepsyabscessaccessacheachingacquired epilepsyactivated epilepsyacute painadoaffect epilepsyagitationagueakinetic epilepsyamokanemiaankylosisanoxiaapneaapoplexyarrest
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asphyxiationasthmaataxiaatrophyattackautonomic epilepsybackachebiteblazebleedingblennorheablockadeblockagebloodless revolutionblowboring painbotherbotherationbouleversementbreakdownbreakupbumpinessburstbustlecachexiacachexycardiac epilepsycataclysmcatastrophecharley horsechillchillschoreaclean slateclean sweepclimaxclonic spasmclonuscold shiverscoliccommotioncomputer revolutionconstipationconvulsion
Strong matches (104)
cortical epilepsycoughingcounterrevolutioncrampcrampscrickcursive epilepsycutcyanosiscyclonedarting paindebaclediarrheadiastrophismdisasterdistressdiurnal epilepsydizzinessdolordropsy
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dysenterydyspepsiadyspneaearthquakeeclampsiaedemaemaciationepilepsiaepilepsia graviorepilepsia majorepilepsia minorepilepsia mitiorepilepsia nutansepilepsia tardaepilepsyepitasiseruptionexplosionfaintingfalling sicknessfatiguefeery-faryfermentfeverfibrillationfidgetinessfitfits and startsflapflare upflare-upflurryflusterflutterflutterinessfluxfocal epilepsyfrenzyfulgurant painfurorfuryfussfussinessgalegirdle paingnawinggrand malgriefgripgripinggrowthgusthaute malhemorrhagehigh blood pressurehitchhubbubhullabaloohurricanehurthydropshypertensionhypotensionhysterical epilepsyicterusictusindigestioninflammationinjuryinsomniairruptionitchingjacksonian epilepsyjactationjactitation
Adjective(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (174)
jaundicejerkinessjoltinessjumpjumping painkinklabored breathinglancinating painlarval epilepsylaryngeal epilepsylaryngospasmlatent epilepsylesionlockjawlow blood pressurelumbagomaelstrommarasmusmatutinal epilepsymenstrual epilepsy
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murderous insanitymusicogenic epilepsymyoclonous epilepsynasal dischargenasty blownauseanecrosisnipnocturnal epilepsyocclusionorgasmoutbreakoutburstoverthrowoverturnpainpalace revolutionpalsypangparalysisparoxysmpassionpetit malphysiologic epilepsypinchpotherprickprurituspsychic epilepsypsychokinesiapsychomotor epilepsyquakequakingquaveringquiverquiveringradical changeragerashreflex epilepsyrestlessnessrevoltrevolutionrevolutionary warrevulsionrheumrolandic epilepsyrotatoriasclerosisscrambleseizuresensory epilepsyserial epilepsysexual climaxshakesshakingsharp painshiveringshiversshockshootshootingshooting painshuddershudderingskin eruptionsneezingsoresore spotspasmsspellspurtstabstabbing painstewstirstitchstoppagestormstressstress of lifestriking alterationstrokesubversionsuccussionsufferingsweatsweeping changeswirltabestabula rasatachycardiatardy epilepsytechnological revolutiontemblortempesttender spottetanustetanythrillthroethroesthromboembolismthrombosistidal waveto doto-dotonic epilepsytonic spasmtormentornadotorsion spasmtotal changetransiliencetraumatic epilepsytremblingtremulousnesstrismustsunamitumortumulttweaktwingetwitchucinate epilepsyunquietupheavalupsetupset stomachvertigovibrationviolent changevisitationvomitingvortexwastingwhirlwhirlwindwoundwrench
Noun(13 words)
Determiner(1 words)
most sudden motion-change
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More general
8 entriesconstrictionemotional responseepisodeinvoluntary movementmechanical irregularityoperational glitchphysiological eventsymptom
More specific
10 entriesCollocations
9 entrieseye spasmfacial spasminvoluntary spasmleg spasmmuscle spasmspasm episodespasm of angerspasm of laughterspasmodic movement
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
5 total sentences available.
A spasm, violent and uncontrollable, stiffened every muscle in his body.
Source: tatoeba (11810199)
Jessica went into spasms after eating a peanut.
Source: wiktionary
He would use the simplest, plainest language, he said to himself over and over again; but it is not always easy to use simple, plain language,—by no means so easy as to mount on stilts, and to march along with sesquipedalian words, with pathos, spasms, and notes of interjection.
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