I feel a sort of spasm in my left leg.
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Spasm
//ˈspæz.m̩//
Synonyms for "spasm" (323 found)
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Closest matches (65)
crampcrickparoxysmseizurethroetwitchabdominal epilepsyabscessaccessacheachingacquired epilepsyactivated epilepsyacute painadoaffect epilepsyagitationagueakinetic epilepsyamok
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anemiaankylosisanoxiaapneaapoplexyarrestasphyxiationasthmaataxiaatrophyattackautonomic epilepsybackachebiteblazebleedingblennorheablockadeblockagebloodless revolutionblowboring painbotherbotherationbouleversementbreakdownbreakupbumpinessburstbustlecachexiacachexycardiac epilepsycataclysmcatastrophecharley horsechillchillschoreaclean slateclean sweepclimaxclonic spasmclonus
Suffix(1 words)
Strong matches (97)
cold shiverscoliccommotioncomputer revolutionconstipationconvulsioncortical epilepsycoughingcounterrevolutioncrampscursive epilepsycutcyanosiscyclonedarting paindebaclediarrheadiastrophismdisasterdistress
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diurnal epilepsydizzinessdolordropsydysenterydyspepsiadyspneaearthquakeeclampsiaedemaemaciationepilepsiaepilepsia graviorepilepsia majorepilepsia minorepilepsia mitiorepilepsia nutansepilepsia tardaepilepsyepitasiseruptionexplosionfaintingfalling sicknessfatiguefeery-faryfermentfeverfibrillationfidgetinessfitfits and startsflapflare upflare-upflurryflusterflutterflutterinessfluxfocal epilepsyfrenzyfulgurant painfurorfuryfussfussinessgalegirdle paingnawinggrand malgriefgripgripinggrowthgusthaute malhemorrhagehigh blood pressurehitchhubbubhullabaloohurricanehurthydropshypertensionhypotensionhysterical epilepsyicterusictusindigestioninflammationinjuryinsomniairruptionitching
Noun(1 words)
Related words (161)
jacksonian epilepsyjactationjactitationjaundicejerkinessjoltinessjudderjumpjumping painkinklabored breathinglancinating painlarval epilepsylaryngeal epilepsylaryngospasmlatent epilepsylesionlockjawlow blood pressurelumbago
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maelstrommarasmusmatutinal epilepsymenstrual epilepsymurderous insanitymusicogenic epilepsymyoclonous epilepsynasal dischargenasty blownauseanecrosisnipnocturnal epilepsyocclusionorgasmoutbreakoutburstoverthrowoverturnpainpalace revolutionpalsypangparalysispassionpetit malphysiologic epilepsypinchpotherprickprurituspsychic epilepsypsychokinesiapsychomotor epilepsyquakequakingquaveringquiverquiveringradical changeragerashreflex epilepsyrestlessnessrevoltrevolutionrevolutionary warrevulsionrheumrolandic epilepsyrotatoriasclerosisscramblesensory epilepsyserial epilepsysexual climaxshakesshakingsharp painshiveringshiversshockshootshootingshooting painshuddershudderingskin eruptionsneezingsoresore spotspasmsspellspurtstabstabbing painstewstirstitchstoppagestormstressstress of lifestriking alterationstrokesubversionsuccussionsufferingsweatsweeping changeswirltabestabula rasatachycardiatardy epilepsytechnological revolutiontemblortempesttender spottetanustetanythrillthroesthromboembolismthrombosistidal waveto doto-dotonic epilepsytonic spasmtormentornadotorsion spasmtotal changetransiliencetraumatic epilepsytremblingtremulousnesstrismustsunamitumortumulttweaktwingeucinate epilepsyunquietupheavalupsetupset stomachvertigovibrationviolent changevisitationvomitingvortexwastingwhirlwhirlwindwoundwrench
Noun(1 words)
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Translations
78 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σπασμός noun (contraction of a muscle)
Arabic
1 entries- تَشَنُّج noun (contraction of a muscle)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qıc noun (contraction of a muscle)
- spazma noun (contraction of a muscle)
Belarusian
1 entries- спазма noun (contraction of a muscle)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гърч noun (contraction of a muscle)
- изблик noun (a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion)
- крамп noun (contraction of a muscle)
- спазма noun (a violent, excruciating seizure of pain)
Catalan
1 entries- espasme noun (contraction of a muscle)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 痙攣 /痉挛 noun (contraction of a muscle)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 痙攣 /痉挛 noun (contraction of a muscle)
Czech
1 entries- křeč noun (contraction of a muscle)
Danish
1 entries- krampe noun (contraction of a muscle)
Dutch
2 entries- kramp noun (contraction of a muscle)
- stuip noun (a violent, excruciating seizure of pain)
Esperanto
2 entries- spasmo noun (contraction of a muscle)
- spasmo noun (a violent, excruciating seizure of pain)
Finnish
4 entries- kipukohtaus noun (a violent, excruciating seizure of pain)
- kohtaus noun (a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion)
- kouristus noun (contraction of a muscle)
- puuska noun (a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion)
French
1 entries- spasme noun (contraction of a muscle)
German
4 entries- Anfall noun (a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion)
- Krampf noun (contraction of a muscle)
- Muskelkrampf noun (contraction of a muscle)
- Spasmus noun (contraction of a muscle)
Greek
4 entries- κρίση noun (a violent, excruciating seizure of pain)
- κρίση noun (a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion)
- παροξυσμός noun (a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion)
- σπασμός noun (contraction of a muscle)
Hebrew
1 entries- עֲוִית noun (contraction of a muscle)
Hungarian
1 entries- görcs noun (contraction of a muscle)
Ingrian
1 entries- rapahus noun (contraction of a muscle)
Irish
2 entries- ríog noun (contraction of a muscle)
- taom noun (a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion)
Italian
1 entries- spasmo noun (contraction of a muscle)
Japanese
1 entries- 痙攣 noun (contraction of a muscle)
Korean
1 entries- 경련 noun (contraction of a muscle)
Latvian
1 entries- krampji noun (contraction of a muscle)
Macedonian
1 entries- грч noun (contraction of a muscle)
Māori
4 entries- hōkai noun (contraction of a muscle)
- timu noun (contraction of a muscle)
- tumu noun (contraction of a muscle)
- hoto verb (to produce a sudden spasm or uncontrolled movement of the muscles)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- krampe noun (contraction of a muscle)
- spasme noun (contraction of a muscle)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- krampe noun (contraction of a muscle)
- spasme noun (contraction of a muscle)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Kraump noun (contraction of a muscle)
- Stäakj noun (a violent, excruciating seizure of pain)
Polish
3 entries- kurcz noun (contraction of a muscle)
- skurcz noun (contraction of a muscle)
- spazm noun (contraction of a muscle)
Portuguese
1 entries- espasmo noun (contraction of a muscle)
Quechua
1 entries- q'iwiykuy noun (contraction of a muscle)
Romanian
1 entries- spasm noun (contraction of a muscle)
Russian
1 entries- спазм noun (contraction of a muscle)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- grč noun (contraction of a muscle)
Slovak
1 entries- kŕč noun (contraction of a muscle)
Slovene
1 entries- krč noun (contraction of a muscle)
Spanish
2 entries- acceso noun (a sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion)
- espasmo noun (contraction of a muscle)
Swedish
1 entries- kramp noun (contraction of a muscle)
Tagalog
1 entries- kisay noun (contraction of a muscle)
Turkish
2 entries- kramp noun (a violent, excruciating seizure of pain)
- spazm noun (contraction of a muscle)
Vietnamese
1 entries- co thắt noun (contraction of a muscle)
Welsh
3 entries- gwewyr noun (contraction of a muscle)
- gwingiad noun (contraction of a muscle)
- sbasm noun (contraction of a muscle)
Zazaki
1 entries- spazm noun (contraction of a muscle)
Sample 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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